Chalk Fire
The Chalk Fire was reported on August 7, 2017 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 250 acres. It was declared out on September 3, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 250 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 7, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.864, -121.639.
The incident
- Size
- 250 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 7, 2017 at 4:26 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 8, 2017 at 6:25 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 16, 2017 at 12:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- September 3, 2017 at 11:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Part of
- Modoc July Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAMDF-000904
- IRWIN identifier
- 1A5B39F0-29AE-42B6-8954-76CD53172F1A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tulelake, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 September 3, 2017 at 11:01 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-CAMDF-000904.