Schaeffer Fire
The Schaeffer Fire was reported on June 24, 2017 in Tulare County, California and burned 16,031 acres. It was declared out on November 15, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 16,031 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2017
- Personnel
- 124
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.099, -118.412.
The incident
- Size
- 16,031 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2017 at 4:16 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 15, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 17, 2017 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 15, 2017 at 7:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 17 MILES NORTH OF KERNVILLE, CA
- County
- Tulare County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 124
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $16,079,800
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CASQF-001317
- IRWIN identifier
- 3AF7DC31-EC39-4B35-A694-9ECC027A5D1C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Springville, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Springville, CA23 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Kernville, CA24 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Alta Sierra, CA27 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Wofford Heights, CA27 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Weldon, CA31 miles south of the fire’s origin
- East Porterville, CA32 miles west of the fire’s origin
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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 November 15, 2017 at 7:29 AM PST. Identifier 2017-CASQF-001317.