Lions Fire
The Lions Fire was reported on June 11, 2018 in Madera County, California and burned 12,990 acres. It was declared out on November 28, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 12,990 acres
- Contained
- 85%
- Discovered
- June 11, 2018
- Personnel
- 88
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.565, -119.127.
The incident
- Size
- 12,990 acres
- Containment
- 85%
- Discovered
- June 11, 2018 at 3:49 PM PDT
- Contained
- November 28, 2018 at 3:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- November 28, 2018 at 3:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 7 miles SW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- County
- Madera County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- North Fork
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 88
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $13,919,711
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CASNF-000493
- IRWIN identifier
- 704959E2-6150-4C04-9C43-BCB8B584259E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mammoth Lakes, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mammoth Lakes, CA10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Yosemite Valley, CA27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Oakhurst, CA33 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Ahwahnee, CA36 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Coarsegold, CA38 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Auberry, CA39 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
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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 10, 2018 at 12:16 PM PST. Identifier 2018-CASNF-000493.