Nees Fire
The Nees Fire was reported on May 2, 2018 in Merced County, California and burned 1,756 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,756 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 2, 2018
- Personnel
- 93
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.860, -120.780.
The incident
- Size
- 1,756 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 2, 2018 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- 10 Miles Southwest of Los Banos
- County
- Merced County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Los Banos
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Jurisdiction
- CDF
- Personnel assigned
- 93
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CAMMU-008764
- IRWIN identifier
- 2BF1495F-153B-4EAB-99B2-1BF95ACE603D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for South Dos Palos, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- South Dos Palos, CA10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Dos Palos, CA12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Los Banos, CA14 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Firebaugh, CA18 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Mendota, CA23 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Gustine, CA30 miles northwest 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 May 4, 2018 at 11:08 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-CAMMU-008764.