Owens River Fire
The Owens River Fire was reported on September 17, 2016 in Mono County, California and burned 5,443 acres. It was declared out on January 6, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,443 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- September 17, 2016
- Personnel
- 184
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.688, -118.926.
The incident
- Size
- 5,443 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- September 17, 2016 at 1:49 PM PDT
- Contained
- November 18, 2016 at 12:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- January 6, 2017 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Mono County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- MAMMOTH
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 184
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,908,589
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-CAINF-001763
- IRWIN identifier
- 201AE32E-1316-43EE-AD67-D3D628032F74
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mammoth Lakes, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mammoth Lakes, CA4 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- West Bishop, CA34 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA35 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Yosemite Valley, CA36 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Bishop, CA37 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Oakhurst, CA47 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 All current fires
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 19, 2017 at 2:56 PM PST. Identifier 2016-CAINF-001763.