Donnell Fire
The Donnell Fire was reported on August 1, 2018 in Tuolumne County, California and burned 36,450 acres. It was declared out on December 17, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 36,450 acres
- Contained
- 90%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2018
- Personnel
- 128
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.349, -119.929.
The incident
- Size
- 36,450 acres
- Containment
- 90%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2018 at 5:49 PM PDT
- Contained
- November 28, 2018 at 8:15 AM PST
- Declared out
- December 17, 2018 at 1:13 PM PST
- Cause
- Human, Camping, Campfire
- Location
- Donnell Lake, Carson Iceberg Wilderness.
- County
- Tuolumne County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Strawberry, CA
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 128
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $33,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CASTF-001702
- IRWIN identifier
- 01594A1D-BC74-4A5C-A4CC-1A5FBD86F82C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dorrington, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Dorrington, CA19 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Arnold, CA24 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Twain Harte, CA27 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cedar Ridge, CA27 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Forest Meadows, CA29 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mono Vista, CA30 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 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 January 10, 2022 at 2:52 PM PST. Identifier 2018-CASTF-001702.