Briceburg Fire
The Briceburg Fire was reported on October 6, 2019 in Mariposa County, California and burned 5,563 acres. It was declared out on December 5, 2019.
- Size
- 5,563 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 6, 2019
- Personnel
- 13
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.605, -119.966.
The incident
- Size
- 5,563 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 6, 2019 at 2:34 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 23, 2019 at 6:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 5, 2019 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- 4 Miles north Midpines
- County
- Mariposa County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Midpines
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $16,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-CAMMU-021257
- IRWIN identifier
- D4EDE3C9-5907-45CD-ACBE-7791D43197C8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Midpines, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Midpines, CA5 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Mariposa, CA8 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ahwahnee, CA21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Yosemite Valley, CA23 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Oakhurst, CA26 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Coarsegold, CA28 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2019 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 December 9, 2019 at 12:44 PM PST. Identifier 2019-CAMMU-021257.