Tucker Fire
The Tucker Fire was reported on July 28, 2019 in Modoc County, California and burned 14,217 acres. It was declared out on September 17, 2019.
- Size
- 14,217 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2019
- Personnel
- 189
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 41.726, -121.243.
The incident
- Size
- 14,217 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2019 at 3:42 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 11, 2019 at 5:22 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 17, 2019 at 12:50 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 17, 2019 at 12:52 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 3 MILES NE OF TIONESTA CA
- County
- Modoc County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- TIONESTA
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 189
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,745,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-CAMDF-000509
- IRWIN identifier
- 1DAFC388-98C2-401A-849E-C435E3260425
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tulelake, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Tulelake, CA20 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Alturas, CA40 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Altamont, OR42 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Klamath Falls, OR44 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lakeview, OR56 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- McCloud, CA57 miles southwest 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 March 19, 2026 at 9:59 AM PDT. Identifier 2019-CAMDF-000509.