King Fire
The King Fire was reported on September 13, 2014 in El Dorado County, California and burned 97,717 acres. It was declared out on November 2, 2015. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 97,717 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 13, 2014
- Personnel
- 528
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.793, -120.602.
The incident
- Size
- 97,717 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 13, 2014 at 4:37 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 10, 2014 at 7:31 AM PDT
- Controlled
- November 13, 2014 at 12:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- November 2, 2015 at 9:16 AM PST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- El Dorado County
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 528
- Estimated cost to date
- $119,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2014-CAENF-023461
- IRWIN identifier
- F678E364-6462-4AB5-8830-EEAEE80F6653
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pollock Pines, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Pollock Pines, CA2 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Camino, CA5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Somerset, CA11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Placerville, CA11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Diamond Springs, CA13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Deer Park, CA14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2014 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 November 12, 2015 at 1:37 PM PST. Identifier 2014-CAENF-023461.