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The Smokehouse Creek Fire burned an estimated 1,058,482 acres (1,653.878 sq mi; 428,352 ha) in Texas and Oklahoma and was completely contained on March 16, [1] becoming the second largest fire in US history dating back to 1988. It started on Monday, February 26, one mile north of Stinnett in Hutchinson County, Texas.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 5,700 acres have burned in wildfires across Central Texas so far in 2024, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. A total of 28 fires have burned 5,710.1 acres in ...
Four Austin-area counties are under burn bans due to weather. The extreme heat could last through the rest of summer or longer, meteorologist says. 4 Central Texas counties under burn bans; NWS ...
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The fire was eventually contained on April 22 after burning 162,625 acres (65,812 ha) of grassland, resulting in $1.26 million in economic losses and the destruction of 350 utility poles. [25] It was the sixth largest wildfire in Texas history. [29] FEMA approved $1.35 million in assistance grants as a result of the fire. [30]
Kerr County was formed in 1856 from Bexar Land District Number 2. Joshua Brown donated the land that became Kerrville, and had it named for his friend James Kerr. Kerrville was named the county seat. [3] The U.S. Camel Corps, headquartered at Verde, was the brainchild of United States Secretary of War (1853–57) Jefferson Davis. [11]
Kerrville is a city in Texas, and the county seat of Kerr County, Texas, United States. [4] The population of Kerrville was 24,278 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ] Kerrville is named after James Kerr , a major in the Texas Revolution , and friend of settler-founder Joshua Brown , who settled in the area to start a shingle-making camp.
Four Austin-area counties are under burn bans due to weather. The extreme heat could last through the rest of summer or longer, meteorologist says. 4 Central Texas counties under burn bans; NWS ...