Wallow Fire
The Wallow Fire was reported on August 11, 2017 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 65,500 acres. It was declared out on March 23, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 65,500 acres
- Contained
- 18%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2017
- Personnel
- 28
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.456, -123.090.
The incident
- Size
- 65,500 acres
- Containment
- 18%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2017 at 9:48 AM PDT
- Declared out
- March 23, 2018 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 9 miles west of Etna CA in marble mountian wilderness area
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Etna
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 28
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $775,000
- Part of
- Salmon August Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CAKNF-006029
- IRWIN identifier
- 612DB154-FE35-40B6-BD45-F705611FAEE6
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Etna, 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 11, 2020 at 10:43 AM PST. Identifier 2017-CAKNF-006029.