Persimmon Fire
The Persimmon Fire was reported on March 16, 2025 in Jefferson County, Texas and burned 1,691 acres. It was declared out on March 25, 2025.
- Size
- 1,691 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 16, 2025
- Personnel
- 5
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Map
Perimeter mapped March 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM CDT, 1,691 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 29.736, -94.117.
The incident
- Size
- 1,691 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM CDT
- Contained
- March 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM CDT
- Controlled
- March 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM CDT
- Declared out
- March 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 9 miles west of Sabine Pass TX
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-TXMCR-000119
- IRWIN identifier
- 83B54980-7125-4CF2-8C96-B29739834D02
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Port Arthur, TX covers the area today.
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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 May 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-TXMCR-000119.