Rail Fire
The Rail Fire was reported on July 31, 2015 in Trinity County, California and burned 8,669 acres. It was declared out on October 30, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,669 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2015
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.494, -123.153.
The incident
- Size
- 8,669 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2015 at 4:17 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 15, 2015 at 4:10 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 30, 2015 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- October 30, 2015 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Trinity County
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,453,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-CASHF-002092
- IRWIN identifier
- 99DD64F2-D13A-4484-844C-0719100D9260
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hayfork, 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 January 14, 2016 at 9:40 AM PST. Identifier 2015-CASHF-002092.