Box Fire
The Box Fire was reported on August 16, 2020 in Colusa County, California and burned 51 acres. It was declared out on December 31, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 51 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 16, 2020
Map
Perimeter mapped October 31, 2022 at 1:39 PM PDT, 51 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.375, -122.709.
The incident
- Size
- 51 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 16, 2020 at 7:46 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 30, 2020 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- December 31, 2021 at 6:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- County
- Colusa County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Part of
- August Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CAMNF-000727
- IRWIN identifier
- A5274FE9-0290-47CF-8D0C-0925678FE90C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Upper Lake, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Upper Lake, CA18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Nice, CA19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lucerne, CA20 miles south of the fire’s origin
- North Lakeport, CA22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Clearlake Oaks, CA24 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lakeport, CA25 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2020 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 October 31, 2022 at 2:21 PM PDT. Identifier 2020-CAMNF-000727.