Nickowitz Fire
The Nickowitz Fire was reported on August 1, 2015 in Del Norte County, California and burned 6,881 acres. It was declared out on November 19, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,881 acres
- Contained
- 90%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2015
- Personnel
- 53
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.469, -123.752.
The incident
- Size
- 6,881 acres
- Containment
- 90%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2015 at 11:23 AM PDT
- Contained
- October 27, 2015 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 2, 2015 at 3:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- November 19, 2015 at 6:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 1100
- County
- Del Norte County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Orleans
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 53
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-CASRF-001470
- IRWIN identifier
- B3730A9E-CD2D-43E7-AA10-66182EEE9E74
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Klamath, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Klamath, CA15 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA29 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Happy Camp, CA29 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA31 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA34 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Westhaven-Moonstone, CA34 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2015 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 February 10, 2020 at 3:28 PM PST. Identifier 2015-CASRF-001470.