Chalk Mountain Fire
The Chalk Mountain Fire was reported on July 18, 2022 in Somervell County, Texas and burned 6,755 acres. It was declared out on August 10, 2022.
- Size
- 6,755 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2022
- Personnel
- 82
Map
Perimeter mapped July 30, 2022 at 1:56 PM CDT, 6,755 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 32.188, -97.868.
The incident
- Size
- 6,755 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2022 at 3:41 PM CDT
- Contained
- August 5, 2022 at 2:18 PM CDT
- Controlled
- August 10, 2022 at 5:02 PM CDT
- Declared out
- August 10, 2022 at 5:02 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 4.6 miles Southwest of Glen Rose, TX
- County
- Somervell County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Glen Rose
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 82
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-TXTXS-224028
- IRWIN identifier
- C8CC430F-2EF6-4384-B8CD-CFE3B0AB67FE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Glen Rose, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Glen Rose, TX7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Pecan Plantation, TX16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hico, TX17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Granbury, TX18 miles north of the fire’s origin
- DeCordova, TX20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Stephenville, TX20 miles west 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 10, 2022 at 5:03 PM CDT. Identifier 2022-TXTXS-224028.