Butte Fire
The Butte Fire was reported on September 9, 2015 in Amador County, California and burned 70,868 acres. It was declared out on October 23, 2015.
- Size
- 70,868 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 9, 2015
- Personnel
- 298
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.343, -120.696.
The incident
- Size
- 70,868 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 9, 2015 at 2:25 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 1, 2015 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- October 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Amador County
- State
- California
- Personnel assigned
- 298
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $74,720,784
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-CAAEU-024918
- IRWIN identifier
- E3B7BF8C-BB32-47DF-B625-41382D4214E4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mokelumne Hill, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 August 29, 2016 at 5:31 PM PDT. Identifier 2015-CAAEU-024918.