Slinkard Fire
The Slinkard Fire was reported on August 29, 2017 in Mono County, California and burned 8,925 acres. It was declared out on November 15, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,925 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017
- Personnel
- 23
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.612, -119.550.
The incident
- Size
- 8,925 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017 at 3:15 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 9, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 21, 2017 at 2:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 15, 2017 at 3:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 8 miles north of Walker, Ca.
- County
- Mono County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 23
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,708,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAOVD-001478
- IRWIN identifier
- 9F58A1D2-8605-46CC-A3D9-ABB9CE3547DD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Walker, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Walker, CA8 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Topaz Ranch Estates, NV9 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Smith Valley, NV16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Smith, NV18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Gardnerville Ranchos, NV22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- East Valley, NV24 miles north 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 April 2, 2018 at 2:26 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-CAOVD-001478.