Prescott Fire
The Prescott Fire was reported on August 8, 2017 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 17,900 acres. It was declared out on November 3, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 17,900 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 8, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.732, -123.639.
The incident
- Size
- 17,900 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 8, 2017 at 12:32 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 3, 2017 at 12:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- November 3, 2017 at 11:30 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Part of
- Eclipse Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAKNF-005905
- IRWIN identifier
- 287CC431-0221-40B0-9C41-190379B11ABD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Happy Camp, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Happy Camp, CA14 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA27 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA28 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA29 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cave Junction, OR30 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Williams, OR39 miles northeast 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 February 11, 2020 at 10:45 AM PST. Identifier 2017-CAKNF-005905.