Cherokee Fire
The Cherokee Fire was reported on October 8, 2017 in Butte County, California and burned 8,417 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 8,417 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 8, 2017
- Personnel
- 29
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.588, -121.586.
The incident
- Size
- 8,417 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 8, 2017 at 9:15 PM PDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- North of Oroville on Table Mountain
- County
- Butte County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Oroville
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Personnel assigned
- 29
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $648,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CABTU-015933
- IRWIN identifier
- A6C0D694-3E3E-433D-9274-DD6511E70397
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oroville, CA covers the area today.
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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 October 16, 2017 at 5:55 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-CABTU-015933.