Railroad Fire
The Railroad Fire was reported on August 29, 2017 in Madera County, California and burned 12,407 acres. It was declared out on November 18, 2017.
- Size
- 12,407 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017
- Personnel
- 159
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.449, -119.650.
The incident
- Size
- 12,407 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017 at 12:19 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 16, 2017 at 6:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- September 27, 2017 at 6:29 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 18, 2017 at 4:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Located between communites of Sugar Pine and Fish Camp along State Route 41.
- County
- Madera County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Sugar Pine
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 159
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $21,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CASNF-001743
- IRWIN identifier
- 96109006-69CF-4AF3-A8C1-D1981CE1FCCA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ahwahnee, CA covers the area today.
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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 February 18, 2020 at 8:42 AM PST. Identifier 2017-CASNF-001743.