Lowell Fire
The Lowell Fire was reported on July 25, 2015 in Nevada County, California and burned 2,304 acres. It was declared out on December 30, 2015.
- Size
- 2,304 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2015
- Personnel
- 27
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.192, -120.882.
The incident
- Size
- 2,304 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2015 at 2:36 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 12, 2015 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 26, 2015 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 30, 2015 at 6:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Nevada County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Grass Valley
- Personnel assigned
- 27
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $18,070,860
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-CANEU-017851
- IRWIN identifier
- A97450F7-4C7E-49A9-A036-D03AC058A08C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Alta, CA covers the area today.
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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 January 4, 2016 at 8:27 AM PST. Identifier 2015-CANEU-017851.