Hawkeye Fire
The Hawkeye Fire was reported on August 12, 2023 in Wichita County, Texas and burned 2,150 acres. It was fully contained on August 13, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,150 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2023
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped August 13, 2023 at 1:44 AM CDT, 2,074 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.006, -98.626.
The incident
- Size
- 2,150 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2023 at 12:10 PM CDT
- Contained
- August 13, 2023 at 7:43 PM CDT
- Cause
- Natural, Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 3.5 miles northeast of Iowa Park, TX
- County
- Wichita County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Iowa Park
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- 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
- 2023-TXTXS-233105
- IRWIN identifier
- FF5D6665-3822-4506-80B9-D98ED81FE62B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Iowa Park, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Iowa Park, TX4 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Burkburnett, TX7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Wichita Falls, TX10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Holliday, TX14 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Electra, TX17 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Henrietta, TX28 miles southeast 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 October 9, 2023 at 2:08 PM CDT. Identifier 2023-TXTXS-233105.