Pilot Fire
The Pilot Fire was reported on August 7, 2016 in San Bernardino County, California and burned 8,110 acres. It was fully contained on August 16, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 8,110 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2016
- Personnel
- 75
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.288, -117.251.
The incident
- Size
- 8,110 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2016 at 12:10 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 16, 2016 at 6:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- October 24, 2016 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Wildfire
- County
- San Bernardino County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Hesperia
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 75
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-CABDF-010205
- IRWIN identifier
- B2366D35-C826-41AA-8147-8609415A871F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Crestline, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Crestline, CA4 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake Arrowhead, CA4 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Running Springs, CA10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Oak Hills, CA10 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Hesperia, CA10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Muscoy, CA11 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 May 7, 2018 at 9:23 AM PDT. Identifier 2016-CABDF-010205.