Gate Fire
The Gate Fire was reported on May 20, 2017 in San Diego County, California and burned 2,056 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,056 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 20, 2017
- Personnel
- 300
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 32.652, -116.824.
The incident
- Size
- 2,056 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 20, 2017 at 12:45 PM PDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- Community of Otay and Dulzura
- County
- San Diego County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Otay
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Personnel assigned
- 300
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAMVU-012098
- IRWIN identifier
- 3F75F361-41D0-4A16-A4A5-4B789EA7DE8A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Jamul, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Jamul, CA5 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Rancho San Diego, CA9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- La Presa, CA11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Crest, CA11 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Granite Hills, CA11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, CA11 miles northwest 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 May 23, 2017 at 5:58 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-CAMVU-012098.