Patterson Fire
The Patterson Fire was reported on May 17, 2018 in Riverside County, California and burned 1,261 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,261 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 17, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.630, -117.060.
The incident
- Size
- 1,261 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 17, 2018 at 1:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Diamond Valley Lake
- County
- Riverside County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Winchester
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $240,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CARRU-062932
- IRWIN identifier
- BA3300C9-3F9A-4E4B-8E5F-742E8C35D059
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Winchester, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Winchester, CA5 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Murrieta Hot Springs, CA7 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Green Acres, CA8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Homeland, CA8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Menifee, CA8 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Hemet, CA10 miles northeast 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 19, 2018 at 12:57 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-CARRU-062932.