Saddleridge Fire
The Saddleridge Fire was reported on October 10, 2019 in Los Angeles County, California and burned 8,799 acres. It was declared out on December 10, 2019.
- Size
- 8,799 acres
- Contained
- 97%
- Discovered
- October 10, 2019
- Personnel
- 2
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.326, -118.479.
The incident
- Size
- 8,799 acres
- Containment
- 97%
- Discovered
- October 10, 2019 at 9:03 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 27, 2019 at 12:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- December 10, 2019 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- WB210 Fwy x Yarnell St
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Sylmar
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- #
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $29,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-CALFD-001582
- IRWIN identifier
- 4CA4674E-B4A3-44ED-85DE-C4C9F98776EB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sylmar, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sylmar, CA2 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- San Fernando, CA4 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clarita, CA6 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- North Hills, CA6 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Canyon Country, CA7 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Stevenson Ranch, CA7 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 January 8, 2020 at 4:12 PM PST. Identifier 2019-CALFD-001582.