Carmel Fire
The Carmel Fire was reported on August 18, 2020 in Monterey County, California and burned 6,905 acres. It was declared out on September 4, 2020.
- Size
- 6,905 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2020
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeter mapped August 24, 2020 at 11:30 PM PDT, 6,978 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 36.446, -121.682.
The incident
- Size
- 6,905 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2020 at 1:05 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 4, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 6, 2020 at 12:54 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 4, 2020 at 12:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- 3.5 Miles SE of Carmel Valley
- County
- Monterey County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Carmel
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,335,927
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CABEU-004081
- IRWIN identifier
- BBB4EB3D-47BC-4068-AF1F-CD5B45501813
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carmel Valley Village, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Carmel Valley Village, CA6 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Chualar, CA12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Del Rey Oaks, CA13 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Gonzales, CA14 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Big Sur, CA14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Seaside, CA15 miles northwest 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 April 11, 2022 at 3:54 AM PDT. Identifier 2020-CABEU-004081.