Derrick Fire
The Derrick Fire was reported on July 3, 2017 in Fresno County, California and burned 1,538 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,538 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2017
- Personnel
- 88
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.221, -120.461.
The incident
- Size
- 1,538 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2017 at 7:12 AM PDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- N/W of Coalinga in the Los Gatos Creek Area
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Coalinga
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Personnel assigned
- 88
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,105,059
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAFKU-009289
- IRWIN identifier
- BC12DAD9-C86B-4350-B121-E07B4472A535
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Coalinga, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Coalinga, CA8 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Huron, CA20 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Avenal, CA24 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- San Joaquin, CA31 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lemoore Station, CA31 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Kettleman City, CA31 miles southeast 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 July 5, 2017 at 6:38 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-CAFKU-009289.