Creek Fire
The Creek Fire was reported on September 3, 2017 in Tuolumne County, California and burned 1,749 acres. It was declared out on January 8, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,749 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 3, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.120, -119.941.
The incident
- Size
- 1,749 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 3, 2017 at 7:22 PM PDT
- Contained
- November 16, 2017 at 1:00 PM PST
- Controlled
- November 27, 2017 at 11:00 AM PST
- Declared out
- January 8, 2018 at 1:50 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Clear Lake on the Mi-Wok Ranger District
- County
- Tuolumne County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Sonora
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $250,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CASTF-002590
- IRWIN identifier
- 5DBB73B3-EACD-42D0-9676-3AA95C2EFBA4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mi-Wuk Village, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mi-Wuk Village, CA14 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Twain Harte, CA17 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cedar Ridge, CA19 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Tuolumne City, CA20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mono Vista, CA20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Soulsbyville, CA20 miles southwest 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 June 22, 2018 at 8:45 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-CASTF-002590.