Clayton Fire
The Clayton Fire was reported on August 13, 2016 in Lake County, California and burned 3,929 acres. It was declared out on August 30, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 3,929 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2016
- Personnel
- 32
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.900, -122.605.
The incident
- Size
- 3,929 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2016 at 4:58 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 26, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 26, 2016 at 7:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 30, 2016 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Lake County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Lower Lake
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Personnel assigned
- 32
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $18,580,412
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-CALNU-007582
- IRWIN identifier
- 6C6371BD-49A5-4D69-A2E0-E6E8445B6F18
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lower Lake, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lower Lake, CAUnder a mile north of the fire’s origin
- Clearlake, CA4 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Hidden Valley Lake, CA7 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Clear Lake Riviera, CA7 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Cobb, CA8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Clearlake Oaks, CA9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 31, 2016 at 9:18 AM PDT. Identifier 2016-CALNU-007582.