Mountaineer Fire
The Mountaineer Fire was reported on October 13, 2018 in Tulare County, California and burned 1,270 acres. It was declared out on December 17, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,270 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 13, 2018
- Personnel
- 14
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.220, -118.580.
The incident
- Size
- 1,270 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 13, 2018 at 11:45 AM PDT
- Contained
- December 17, 2018 at 8:00 AM PST
- Declared out
- December 17, 2018 at 8:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- SOUTH MOUNTAINEER CREEK NRA AND SOUTH OF JACOBSON CREEK
- County
- Tulare County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- SPRINGVILLE
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 14
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,050,008
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CASQF-002786
- IRWIN identifier
- A9D9AC1D-F711-422B-9FD7-14D58600E9C3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Springville, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Springville, CA15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Three Rivers, CA24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- East Porterville, CA25 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Porterville, CA27 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Strathmore, CA27 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Lindsay, CA28 miles west 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 17, 2018 at 9:09 AM PST. Identifier 2018-CASQF-002786.