Caples Fire
The Caples Fire was reported on October 10, 2019 in El Dorado County, California and burned 3,435 acres. It was declared out on December 10, 2019.
- Size
- 3,435 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 10, 2019
- Personnel
- 56
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.724, -120.146.
The incident
- Size
- 3,435 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 10, 2019 at 1:43 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 31, 2019 at 5:08 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 10, 2019 at 1:06 PM PST
- Declared out
- December 10, 2019 at 8:18 AM PST
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- 4 miles Northwest of Kirkwood Ski Resort.
- County
- El Dorado County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 56
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,370,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-CAENF-030945
- IRWIN identifier
- 604CD457-415F-423B-8D85-9F8422A6969A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for South Lake Tahoe, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- South Lake Tahoe, CA17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Kingsbury, NV22 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Tahoma, CA24 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Pollock Pines, CA24 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Gardnerville Ranchos, NV25 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Minden, NV26 miles northeast 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 10, 2019 at 8:25 AM PST. Identifier 2019-CAENF-030945.