Ponderosa Fire
The Ponderosa Fire was reported on August 29, 2017 in Butte County, California and burned 4,016 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2017.
- Size
- 4,016 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017
- Personnel
- 195
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.575, -121.316.
The incident
- Size
- 4,016 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017 at 1:16 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 18, 2017 at 12:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- December 1, 2017 at 12:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- Community of Feather Falls
- County
- Butte County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Feather Falls
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Personnel assigned
- 195
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $18,838,413
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CABTU-013737
- IRWIN identifier
- 6B7515CE-ABB4-4DB4-B334-EBA512C54182
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Berry Creek, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Berry Creek, CA7 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Challenge-Brownsville, CA8 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Oroville East, CA10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- South Oroville, CA13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Oroville, CA14 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Thermalito, CA15 miles west 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 January 2, 2018 at 8:10 AM PST. Identifier 2017-CABTU-013737.