Blanket Fire
The Blanket Fire was reported on July 9, 2022 in Brooks County, Texas and burned 5,900 acres. It was fully contained on July 14, 2022. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,900 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2022
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped July 10, 2022 at 10:40 PM CDT, 4,664 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 27.049, -98.294.
The incident
- Size
- 5,900 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2022 at 3:09 PM CDT
- Contained
- July 14, 2022 at 9:24 PM CDT
- Controlled
- July 17, 2022 at 5:01 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- Location
- The fire is 42 miles SW of Kingsville and 52 miles NNW of Edinburg.
- County
- Brooks County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Kingsville
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-TXTXS-223739
- IRWIN identifier
- 3EAC5C2A-6591-4BD1-9FA4-9C71D9729DAD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Falfurrias, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Falfurrias, TX15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Premont, TX24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hebbronville, TX30 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Ricardo, TX37 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Benavides, TX39 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Kingsville, TX42 miles northeast 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 July 17, 2022 at 5:01 PM CDT. Identifier 2022-TXTXS-223739.