Hat Fire
The Hat Fire was reported on August 9, 2018 in Shasta County, California and burned 1,900 acres. It was declared out on August 23, 2018.
- Size
- 1,900 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2018
- Personnel
- 145
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.990, -121.530.
The incident
- Size
- 1,900 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2018 at 2:28 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 23, 2018 at 12:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Near the community of Cassel, east of Burney, west of Fall River
- County
- Shasta County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Cassel
- Personnel assigned
- 145
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,565,927
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CASHU-008470
- IRWIN identifier
- D8492A91-9CA9-44E1-8CA6-C7508125A7B0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fall River Mills, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fall River Mills, CA5 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Burney, CA10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- McCloud, CA37 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Shingletown, CA39 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Dunsmuir, CA41 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Bella Vista, CA44 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 September 10, 2018 at 3:08 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-CASHU-008470.