Welder Fire
The Welder Fire was reported on March 4, 2025 in San Patricio County, Texas and burned 70 acres. It was fully contained on March 8, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 70 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped March 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM CST, 70 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 28.041, -97.501.
The incident
- Size
- 70 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM CST
- Contained
- March 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM CST
- Controlled
- March 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution, Electrical transmission/distribution systems
- County
- San Patricio County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Part of
- Welder Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-TXTXS-250864
- IRWIN identifier
- A80E7552-4560-4D75-ACD1-48D724BCFFA0
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 7, 2025 (70 acres) to March 17, 2025 (70 acres). The largest one-day growth was 0 acres, mapped March 17, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 7, 2025 | 70 | |
| March 17, 2025 | 70 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sinton, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sinton, TXUnder a mile southwest of the fire’s origin
- Taft, TX8 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Taft Southwest (historical), TX8 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Odem, TX8 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
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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 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-TXTXS-250864.