Whaleback Fire
The Whaleback Fire was reported on July 27, 2018 in Lassen County, California and burned 18,703 acres. It was declared out on December 11, 2018.
- Size
- 18,703 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 27, 2018
- Personnel
- 337
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.630, -120.880.
The incident
- Size
- 18,703 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 27, 2018 at 11:30 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 6, 2018 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 19, 2018 at 6:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- December 11, 2018 at 8:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined, Undetermined
- Location
- Spalding, CA
- County
- Lassen County
- State
- California
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 337
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,900,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-CALNF-003951
- IRWIN identifier
- 759B9749-822D-433D-8A84-9774BC8297E2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Susanville, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Susanville, CA19 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Johnstonville, CA23 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Westwood, CA23 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Chester, CA29 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Janesville, CA30 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Greenville, CA34 miles south 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 10, 2021 at 9:30 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-CALNF-003951.