Big Sky Fire
The Big Sky Fire was reported on August 2, 2022 in Gillespie County, Texas and burned 1,459 acres. It was declared out on August 15, 2022.
- Size
- 1,459 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2022
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeter mapped August 4, 2022 at 10:04 AM CDT, 1,459 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 30.396, -98.792.
The incident
- Size
- 1,459 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2022 at 12:42 PM CDT
- Contained
- August 11, 2022 at 8:18 PM CDT
- Controlled
- August 14, 2022 at 8:00 PM CDT
- Declared out
- August 15, 2022 at 5:26 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 9.5 miles N / NE of Fredericksburg
- County
- Gillespie County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Fredericksburg
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-TXTXS-224528
- IRWIN identifier
- EE8AE6F8-F362-4D90-8923-DE49EA8FA789
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fredericksburg, TX covers the area today.
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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 15, 2022 at 5:27 PM CDT. Identifier 2022-TXTXS-224528.