Crabapple Fire
The Crabapple Fire was reported on March 15, 2025 in Gillespie County, Texas and burned 9,858 acres. It was fully contained on March 21, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 9,858 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 15, 2025
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped March 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM CDT, 9,700 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 30.391, -98.812.
The incident
- Size
- 9,858 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM CDT
- Contained
- March 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM CDT
- Controlled
- March 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use, Passenger vehicle/motorized RV
- Location
- About 6 miles north east of Fredericksburg Tx
- County
- Gillespie County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Fredericksburg
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-TXTXS-251250
- IRWIN identifier
- 71513DA5-AC26-491E-93B6-8794FA8AFB14
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 16, 2025 (9,737 acres) to March 20, 2025 (9,700 acres). The largest one-day growth was 120 acres, mapped March 17, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 16, 2025 | 9,737 | |
| March 17, 2025 | 9,857 | +120 |
| March 18, 2025 | 9,860 | +3 |
| March 19, 2025 | 9,700 | -160 |
| March 20, 2025 | 9,700 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fredericksburg, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 April 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-TXTXS-251250.