Beach Fire
The Beach Fire was reported on August 16, 2020 in Mono County, California and burned 3,780 acres. It was declared out on January 6, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,780 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2020
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM PDT, 3,780 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 37.929, -118.983.
The incident
- Size
- 3,780 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2020 at 6:21 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 27, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 14, 2020 at 12:29 PM PDT
- Declared out
- January 6, 2021 at 12:09 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- SE OF MONO LAKE NEAR NAVY BEACH
- County
- Mono County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CAINF-002140
- IRWIN identifier
- 61092DF2-2505-4B5D-8CC5-D1896138C918
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for June Lake, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- June Lake, CA11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mammoth Lakes, CA19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Yosemite Valley, CA35 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Hawthorne, NV46 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA49 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- West Bishop, CA49 miles southeast 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 6, 2021 at 12:11 PM PST. Identifier 2020-CAINF-002140.