Hirz Fire
The Hirz Fire was reported on August 9, 2018 in Shasta County, California and burned 40,580 acres. It was declared out on December 20, 2018.
- Size
- 40,580 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2018
- Personnel
- 225
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.891, -122.228.
The incident
- Size
- 40,580 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2018 at 1:55 AM PDT
- Contained
- September 10, 2018 at 10:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- November 26, 2018 at 1:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- December 20, 2018 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 18 Miles Northeast of Redding, CA
- County
- Shasta County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Lakehead, CA
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 225
- Incident management
- Type 1 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $55,511,216
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CASHF-001223
- IRWIN identifier
- 2E282FDE-92E2-4829-8599-BCEFAAC96047
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mountain Gate, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mountain Gate, CA13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Central Valley (historical), CA16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Shasta Lake, CA16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bella Vista, CA17 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Dunsmuir, CA22 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Palo Cedro, CA23 miles south 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 June 6, 2023 at 8:28 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-CASHF-001223.