Thomas Fire
The Thomas Fire was reported on December 4, 2017 in Ventura County, California and burned 281,893 acres. It was declared out on May 25, 2018.
- Size
- 281,893 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 4, 2017
- Personnel
- 38
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.430, -119.100.
The incident
- Size
- 281,893 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 4, 2017 at 6:35 PM PST
- Contained
- January 12, 2018 at 8:00 AM PST
- Declared out
- May 25, 2018 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Ojai, Santa Paula, Ventura, Montecito, Carpenteria, Santa Barbara, Fillmore
- County
- Ventura County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Ojai
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- C&L
- Personnel assigned
- 38
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $230,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAVNC-103156
- IRWIN identifier
- 943D8086-7DF4-47C7-BB98-A358E962667E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Santa Paula, 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 June 28, 2018 at 8:05 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-CAVNC-103156.