Peter Switch Fire
The Peter Switch Fire was reported on August 18, 2024 in Wichita County, Texas and burned 1,657 acres. It was fully contained on August 19, 2024.
- Size
- 1,657 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2024
- Personnel
- 25
Map
Perimeter mapped August 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM CDT, 1,658 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.015, -98.629.
The incident
- Size
- 1,657 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2024 at 2:14 PM CDT
- Contained
- August 19, 2024 at 1:40 PM CDT
- Controlled
- August 22, 2024 at 6:30 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined, Undetermined (remarks required), Not investigated
- Location
- about 6 miles south west of Burkburnett, Tx
- County
- Wichita County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Burkburnett
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 25
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-TXTXS-242225
- IRWIN identifier
- 8840FEDF-9FEB-422A-B85D-40FDD9279638
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, TX5 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
Texas wildfires today Wildfires of 2024 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated September 23, 2024 at 4:33 PM CDT. Identifier 2024-TXTXS-242225.