Nelson Fire
The Nelson Fire was reported on August 10, 2018 in Solano County, California and burned 2,162 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,162 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2018
- Personnel
- 141
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.310, -121.990.
The incident
- Size
- 2,162 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2018 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Vacaville - Lagoon Valley Estates - Peabody Subdivision - Paradise Valley
- County
- Solano County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Vacaville
- Personnel assigned
- 141
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $425,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CALNU-012354
- IRWIN identifier
- E6A2529F-3381-4DC8-ADA1-15C44DD0B373
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Vacaville, CA covers the area today.
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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 August 12, 2018 at 1:05 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-CALNU-012354.