West Bend Fire
The West Bend Fire was reported on July 19, 2022 in Wichita County, Texas and burned 6,522 acres. It was declared out on July 27, 2022.
- Size
- 6,522 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2022
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped July 19, 2022 at 5:22 PM CDT, 6,517 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.843, -98.440.
The incident
- Size
- 6,522 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2022 at 12:22 PM CDT
- Contained
- July 22, 2022 at 8:32 AM CDT
- Controlled
- July 27, 2022 at 8:53 PM CDT
- Declared out
- July 27, 2022 at 8:53 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Fire is 0.5 South West of Jolly
- County
- Wichita County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Jolly
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-TXTXS-224062
- IRWIN identifier
- 3389B880-E827-49AC-ABE1-9871F56D681E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wichita Falls, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Wichita Falls, TX6 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Henrietta, TX14 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Holliday, TX15 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Iowa Park, TX15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Burkburnett, TX19 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Archer City, TX20 miles southwest 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 27, 2022 at 8:53 PM CDT. Identifier 2022-TXTXS-224062.