Gap Fire
The Gap Fire was reported on August 27, 2016 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 33,867 acres. It was declared out on December 15, 2016.
- Size
- 33,867 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 27, 2016
- Personnel
- 484
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 41.853, -123.115.
The incident
- Size
- 33,867 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 27, 2016 at 7:50 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 15, 2016 at 2:30 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Seiad Valley
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 484
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $29,700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-CAKNF-007501
- IRWIN identifier
- FD3E6CF9-9E66-4763-B3C0-88263D2D3968
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Happy Camp, 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 February 11, 2020 at 10:40 AM PST. Identifier 2016-CAKNF-007501.