Blue Cut Fire
The Blue Cut Fire was reported on August 16, 2016 in San Bernardino County, California and burned 36,274 acres. It was fully contained on August 23, 2016.
- Size
- 36,274 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2016
- Personnel
- 84
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.259, -117.461.
The incident
- Size
- 36,274 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2016 at 10:44 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 23, 2016 at 6:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- San Bernardino County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- San Bernardino
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 84
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-CABDF-010468
- IRWIN identifier
- 4D18BC2E-E28E-429F-BF7F-41574D1D5C63
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lytle Creek, 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 February 17, 2026 at 12:21 PM PST. Identifier 2016-CABDF-010468.