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2025 Fort Wolters Prescribed Fires

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Unit Information

Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 
Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 

Incident Contacts

Adam Turner
Email: adam.turner@tfs.tamu.edu
Phone: 9403289158
Information Officer
Email: information@tfs.tamu.edu

The background shows streets, a lake, creeks, and terrain. There is a dashed line around the boundary of Fort Wolters Military Base making an arch shape around Lake Mineral Wells State Park. There are 6 blocks colored in and labeled, these are the units to be burned in the year 2025. Units 2 through 8 are on the left side of the arch and unit 11 is located in the top right section of the arch. To the left of the map is a legend showing the scale bar and the compass to orientate the map.
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The background shows streets, a lake, creeks, and terrain. There is a dashed line around the boundary of Fort Wolters Military Base making an arch shape around Lake Mineral Wells State Park. There are 6 blocks colored in and labeled, these are the units to be burned in the year 2025. Units 2 through 8 are on the left side of the arch and unit 11 is located in the top right section of the arch. To the left of the map is a legend showing the scale bar and the compass to orientate the map.

Texas A&M Forest Service is planning for prescribed burns to take place at Fort Wolters during 2025. Six burn units identified as units 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 11 will be burned for a total of 1,678 acres. 

 

These burns are designed to meet multiple land management objectives including reducing the accumulation of hazardous fuels, improve forest health, improve access and visibility for forest management activities and improve wildfire habitat.

 

Each prescribed burn unit has defined weather parameters and firing patterns to ensure the objectives for each unit have a high potential for success. Texas A&M Forest Service personnel will monitor all prescribed burns to evaluate achievement of goals and help guide future prescriptions.

 

Unit 2 – 228 acres

Proposed burning dates: 11/2024 – 5/2025

 

Unit 3 – 286 acres

Proposed burning dates: 11/2024 – 5/2025

 

Unit 4 – 316 acres

Proposed burning dates: 11/2024 – 5/2025

 

Unit 7 – 328 acres

Proposed burning dates: 11/2024 – 5/2025

 

Unit 8 – 119 acres

Proposed burning dates: 11/2024 – 5/2025

 

Unit 11 – 400 acres

Proposed burning dates: 11/2024 – 5/2025

 

Nearby residents can expect some lingering smoke effects overnight after the burns and may see some moderate to heavy smoke impacts for short periods during ignition operations. These effects will be mitigated by burning on days with good ventilation so that smoke will be dispersed away from communities. 

 

More information will be published as weather conditions allow for safe burning operations.

Basic Information
Current as of Tue, 02/18/2025 - 14:41
Incident Time Zone America/Chicago
Incident Type Prescribed Fire
Date of Origin
Location Northeast of Mineral Wells, Texas
Incident Commander Texas A&M Forest Service
Coordinates 32° 50' 22'' Latitude
-98° 2'
25
'' Longitude

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