Creek Fire
The Creek Fire was reported on December 5, 2017 in Los Angeles County, California and burned 15,619 acres. It is 98 percent contained.
- Size
- 15,619 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- December 5, 2017
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.334, -118.338.
The incident
- Size
- 15,619 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- December 5, 2017 at 3:42 AM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 4 miles east of Sylmar
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Sylmar
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $17,577,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CALAC-362189
- IRWIN identifier
- CC315B2A-9E5B-4333-9FD0-0EAFC15019AD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Shadow Hills, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Shadow Hills, CA5 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sunland, CA5 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Tujunga, CA6 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sylmar, CA7 miles west of the fire’s origin
- San Fernando, CA7 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- La Crescenta-Montrose, CA9 miles southeast 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 December 29, 2017 at 6:07 PM PST. Identifier 2017-CALAC-362189.