Natchez Fire
The Natchez Fire was reported on July 15, 2018 in Del Norte County, California and burned 38,134 acres. It was declared out on February 15, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 38,134 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2018
- Personnel
- 25
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.956, -123.551.
The incident
- Size
- 38,134 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2018 at 6:25 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 29, 2018 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- February 15, 2019 at 8:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 8 miles NW of Happy Camp, CA and 15 miles SE of Cave Junction, OR
- County
- Del Norte County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 25
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $46,499
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-ORRSF-000348
- IRWIN identifier
- 9FA74D0C-BACB-4B2C-8AC5-D4CCDB5C8C8C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for O'Brien, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- O'Brien, OR11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Happy Camp, CA14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Cave Junction, OR15 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Williams, OR23 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- New Hope, OR30 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA31 miles west 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 February 15, 2019 at 10:43 AM PST. Identifier 2018-ORRSF-000348.