Castle Fire
The Castle Fire was reported on August 19, 2020 in Tulare County, California and burned 174,178 acres. It was fully contained on January 4, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 174,178 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2020
- Personnel
- 139
Map
Perimeter mapped May 4, 2021 at 3:50 PM PDT, 167,216 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 36.164, -118.453.
The incident
- Size
- 174,178 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2020 at 7:20 AM PDT
- Contained
- January 4, 2021 at 6:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- SOUTH CASTLE ROCK EAST OF JERKY TRAILHEAD
- County
- Tulare County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Springville
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 139
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Medium Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $122,490,000
- Part of
- Sqf Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CASQF-002541
- IRWIN identifier
- 4CE00061-B897-49DC-8839-D08E040FF65D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Springville, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Springville, CA21 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Kernville, CA28 miles south of the fire’s origin
- East Porterville, CA30 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Alta Sierra, CA30 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Three Rivers, CA31 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Wofford Heights, CA32 miles south 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 29, 2024 at 8:46 AM PDT. Identifier 2020-CASQF-002541.