Moore Fire
The Moore Fire was reported on August 9, 2018 in Shasta County, California and burned 5,570 acres. It was declared out on September 1, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,570 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 9, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.894, -122.230.
The incident
- Size
- 5,570 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 9, 2018 at 2:39 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 9, 2018 at 8:15 AM PDT
- Controlled
- August 9, 2018 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 1, 2018 at 11:29 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Shasta County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CASHF-001224
- IRWIN identifier
- C097B1BB-BAB6-4C58-8A46-39D06EE372F1
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), CA17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Shasta Lake, CA17 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 December 21, 2018 at 7:52 AM PST. Identifier 2018-CASHF-001224.