Sand Fire
The Sand Fire was reported on July 22, 2016 in Los Angeles County, California and burned 41,383 acres. It was declared out on November 7, 2016.
- Size
- 41,383 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2016
- Personnel
- 82
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 34.431, -118.398.
The incident
- Size
- 41,383 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2016 at 2:14 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 15, 2016 at 6:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- October 10, 2016 at 6:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- November 7, 2016 at 6:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- SANTA CLARITA
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Personnel assigned
- 82
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $35,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-CAANF-003008
- IRWIN identifier
- 3B5DBC5A-EB85-490A-A023-3E7D19E7D801
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Canyon Country, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Canyon Country, CA4 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Agua Dulce, CA6 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clarita, CA9 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Sylmar, CA9 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Stevenson Ranch, CA10 miles west of the fire’s origin
- San Fernando, CA11 miles south 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 November 7, 2016 at 6:49 AM PST. Identifier 2016-CAANF-003008.