Tenaja Fire
The Tenaja Fire was reported on September 4, 2019 in Riverside County, California and burned 1,926 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,926 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 4, 2019
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.528, -117.273.
The incident
- Size
- 1,926 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 4, 2019 at 3:57 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Southwest Riverside County, Community of La Cresta, City of Murrieta.
- County
- Riverside County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Jurisdiction
- CDF
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-CARRU-113828
- IRWIN identifier
- 12D435C8-627E-438F-994A-1105E5DBB56F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Murrieta, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Murrieta, CA4 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Wildomar, CA5 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Murrieta Hot Springs, CA7 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Temecula, CA8 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Sedco Hills, CA8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lakeland Village, CA9 miles northwest 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 September 14, 2019 at 5:16 PM PDT. Identifier 2019-CARRU-113828.