Railway Fire
The Railway Fire was reported on March 4, 2025 in San Patricio County, Texas and burned 770 acres. It was fully contained on March 8, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 770 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped March 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM CST, 771 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 28.055, -97.486.
The incident
- Size
- 770 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM CST
- Contained
- March 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM CST
- Controlled
- March 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human, Other causes, Other (remarks required)
- County
- San Patricio County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Part of
- Welder Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-TXTXS-250876
- IRWIN identifier
- 5B23899E-905A-41CD-8D0F-BEC7BC35AA95
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sinton, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sinton, TX2 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Taft, TX7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Taft Southwest (historical), TX8 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Odem, TX9 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Gregory, TX15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Portland, TX16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
Texas wildfires today Wildfires of 2025 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 March 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM CDT. Identifier 2025-TXTXS-250876.