WF Wildcow Fire
The WF Wildcow Fire was reported on July 30, 2021 in Jefferson County, Texas and burned 1,500 acres. It was fully contained on July 30, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2021
- Personnel
- 5
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 29.731, -94.042.
The incident
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2021 at 11:24 AM CDT
- Contained
- July 30, 2021 at 8:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- July 31, 2021 at 6:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 8 miles NW of Sabine Pass, TX, McFaddin NWR
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Sabine Pass, Texas
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-TXMCR-000163
- IRWIN identifier
- 03AA874F-C353-47E2-A3A4-04364C93F76F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Port Arthur, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Port Arthur, TX12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Groves, TX17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Nederland, TX17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Central Gardens, TX18 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fannett, TX18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Port Neches, TX19 miles north of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated August 9, 2021 at 2:21 PM CDT. Identifier 2021-TXMCR-000163.