South Fire
The South Fire was reported on September 5, 2019 in Tehama County, California and burned 5,212 acres. It was declared out on December 2, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,212 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 5, 2019
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.109, -122.789.
The incident
- Size
- 5,212 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 5, 2019 at 1:50 PM PDT
- Contained
- November 27, 2019 at 10:10 AM PST
- Controlled
- November 29, 2019 at 12:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- December 2, 2019 at 12:30 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 15 miles South of the town Platina, CA
- County
- Tehama County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Platina
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- #
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,300,300
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-CASHF-001209
- IRWIN identifier
- 3C414AA1-6948-4BF3-B6CD-417691D8633E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA covers the area today.
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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 October 2, 2020 at 12:14 PM PDT. Identifier 2019-CASHF-001209.