Calaveras Fire
The Calaveras Fire was reported on March 4, 2025 in Bexar County, Texas and burned 284 acres. It was fully contained on March 6, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 284 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2025
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped March 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM CST, 284 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 29.279, -98.389.
The incident
- Size
- 284 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM CST
- Contained
- March 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM CST
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning, Open trash burning
- Location
- 12 miles SSE of downtown San Antonio
- County
- Bexar County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- San Antonio
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-TXTXS-250850
- IRWIN identifier
- CFA8F624-DD84-4242-AC95-82E59C5BBA3C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Elmendorf, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Elmendorf, TX4 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- China Grove, TX8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- San Antonio, TX12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Kirby, TX13 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Terrell Hills, TX14 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Saint Hedwig, TX15 miles northeast 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 March 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-TXTXS-250850.