Young Fire
The Young Fire was reported on August 7, 2017 in Del Norte County, California and burned 3,142 acres. It was declared out on November 3, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,142 acres
- Contained
- 11%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2017
- Personnel
- 38
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.853, -123.676.
The incident
- Size
- 3,142 acres
- Containment
- 11%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2017 at 5:45 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 28, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 1, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 3, 2017 at 11:30 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Siskiyou Wilderness, Blue Ridge
- County
- Del Norte County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Gasquet
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 38
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CASRF-000863
- IRWIN identifier
- 3528A39A-DF47-4435-AEEB-2D94AC4F4283
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for O'Brien, OR 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 December 11, 2017 at 10:41 AM PST. Identifier 2017-CASRF-000863.