Dempsey Fire
The Dempsey Fire was reported on June 23, 2022 in Palo Pinto County, Texas and burned 11,598 acres. It was declared out on July 8, 2022.
- Size
- 11,598 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 23, 2022
- Personnel
- 100
Map
Perimeter mapped June 28, 2022 at 10:03 AM CDT, 11,255 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 32.804, -98.251.
The incident
- Size
- 11,598 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 23, 2022 at 2:25 PM CDT
- Contained
- July 4, 2022 at 1:26 PM CDT
- Controlled
- July 8, 2022 at 10:27 AM CDT
- Declared out
- July 8, 2022 at 10:27 AM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 7 miles West of Mineral Wells, TX
- County
- Palo Pinto County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 100
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-TXTXS-223410
- IRWIN identifier
- F1B21717-761F-4294-A4B5-13FA602BC1D5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Palo Pinto, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Palo Pinto, TX4 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mineral Wells, TX8 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Weatherford, TX27 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Western Lake, TX28 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Graham, TX29 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Jacksboro, TX29 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 July 8, 2022 at 10:28 AM CDT. Identifier 2022-TXTXS-223410.