Minerva 5 Fire
The Minerva 5 Fire was reported on July 29, 2017 in Plumas County, California and burned 4,310 acres. It was declared out on November 13, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 4,310 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2017
- Personnel
- 128
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.906, -120.972.
The incident
- Size
- 4,310 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2017 at 12:15 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 16, 2017 at 5:45 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 4, 2017 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 13, 2017 at 3:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- JUST SOUTH OF QUINCY
- County
- Plumas County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- QUINCY
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 128
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAPNF-001043
- IRWIN identifier
- 1BCC4922-E991-40AC-82E2-D153606CADB2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Quincy, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 May 10, 2018 at 9:37 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-CAPNF-001043.