Front Fire
The Front Fire was reported on August 19, 2018 in San Luis Obispo County, California and burned 1,014 acres. It was declared out on November 7, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,014 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2018
- Personnel
- 131
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.117, -120.101.
The incident
- Size
- 1,014 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2018 at 1:37 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 28, 2018 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 6, 2018 at 4:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- November 7, 2018 at 4:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- East of Santa Maria 30 miles on Highway 166
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Santa Maria/Cuyama
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 131
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CALPF-002334
- IRWIN identifier
- F3289932-0A4D-489B-A907-47278A5EF662
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Nipomo, 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 December 26, 2018 at 9:39 AM PST. Identifier 2018-CALPF-002334.