Walker Fire
The Walker Fire was reported on September 4, 2019 in Plumas County, California and burned 54,608 acres. It was declared out on January 15, 2020.
- Size
- 54,608 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 4, 2019
- Personnel
- 237
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 40.053, -120.669.
The incident
- Size
- 54,608 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 4, 2019 at 12:46 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 25, 2019 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 22, 2019 at 12:05 PM PDT
- Declared out
- January 15, 2020 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 11 miles East of Taylorsville CA Genesee Valley
- County
- Plumas County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Taylorsville
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Personnel assigned
- 237
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $35,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-CAPNF-001324
- IRWIN identifier
- 97BF9798-BD46-46D2-9A24-59E2A1EBF916
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for East Quincy, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- East Quincy, CA15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Greenville, CA16 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Quincy, CA17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Janesville, CA18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Portola, CA20 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Johnstonville, CA23 miles north 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 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM PDT. Identifier 2019-CAPNF-001324.