Rail Fire
The Rail Fire was reported on July 24, 2017 in Modoc County, California and burned 0.1 acres. It was declared out on July 29, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 0 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.538, -120.956.
The incident
- Size
- 0 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017 at 2:15 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 24, 2017 at 4:27 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 25, 2017 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 29, 2017 at 4:23 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Modoc County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Part of
- Modoc July Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAMDF-000644
- IRWIN identifier
- ABEF07B3-EFB0-41F5-8B20-36BE93D66AF9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for California Pines, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- California Pines, CA17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Alturas, CA22 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lakeview, OR55 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Burney, CA58 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Altamont, OR61 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Klamath Falls, OR64 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 August 8, 2017 at 8:49 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-CAMDF-000644.