Metz Fire
The Metz Fire was reported on May 22, 2016 in Monterey County, California and burned 3,876 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 3,876 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 22, 2016
- Personnel
- 5
Radar
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Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.414, -121.250.
The incident
- Size
- 3,876 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 22, 2016 at 3:32 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Monterey County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- SE of SOLEDAD
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $825,436
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-CABEU-002369
- IRWIN identifier
- 36D4951B-9D18-4D96-A49A-AAD8578AD12C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Soledad, 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 May 25, 2016 at 5:10 PM PDT. Identifier 2016-CABEU-002369.