5-4 Potters Fire
The 5-4 Potters Fire was reported on August 17, 2020 in Butte County, California and burned 927 acres. It is 98 percent contained.
- Size
- 927 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2020
Map
Perimeter mapped May 4, 2021 at 3:50 PM PDT, 926 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.561, -121.498.
The incident
- Size
- 927 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2020 at 11:27 AM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Kelly Ridge
- County
- Butte County
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Part of
- Butte/Tehama/Glenn Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CABTU-009702
- IRWIN identifier
- 61AA84A0-8E88-4549-B694-BF14DD6E4CD4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oroville East, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Oroville East, CA4 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Oroville, CA5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Thermalito, CA6 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- South Oroville, CA6 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Berry Creek, CA8 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Palermo, CA9 miles south 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 2, 2021 at 12:01 PM PST. Identifier 2020-CABTU-009702.