River Fire
The River Fire was reported on July 27, 2018 in Mendocino County, California and burned 48,920 acres. It was declared out on September 11, 2018.
- Size
- 48,920 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 27, 2018
- Personnel
- 202
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.060, -123.140.
The incident
- Size
- 48,920 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 27, 2018 at 1:01 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 12, 2018 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 16, 2018 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 11, 2018 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- NORTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF HOPLAND, EAST OF OLD RIVER ROAD, NORTH OF HWY 175
- County
- Mendocino County
- State
- California
- Personnel assigned
- 202
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $191,526,284
- Part of
- Mendocino Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CAMEU-008653
- IRWIN identifier
- 431698D9-CFC9-4E5C-92F2-D85C7CE6CFB8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Talmage, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 September 18, 2018 at 5:43 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-CAMEU-008653.