Cedar Fire
The Cedar Fire was reported on August 8, 2017 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 9,122 acres. It was declared out on March 23, 2018.
- Size
- 9,122 acres
- Contained
- 39%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2017
- Personnel
- 335
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.947, -123.349.
The incident
- Size
- 9,122 acres
- Containment
- 39%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2017 at 3:33 PM PDT
- Declared out
- March 23, 2018 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Thompson Creek Drainage, 12 miles northwest of Seiad Valley, CA
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 335
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1
- Part of
- Eclipse Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAKNF-005915
- IRWIN identifier
- B0454630-3F69-457A-BCE1-F81DB1D60F10
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Happy Camp, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Happy Camp, CA11 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Williams, OR19 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Cave Junction, OR21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- New Hope, OR29 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Jacksonville, OR32 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Redwood, OR33 miles north of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 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 February 11, 2020 at 10:45 AM PST. Identifier 2017-CAKNF-005915.