Creek Fire
The Creek Fire was reported on September 4, 2020 in Fresno County, California and burned 379,895 acres. It was declared out on February 22, 2021.
- Size
- 379,895 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 4, 2020
Map
Perimeter mapped October 29, 2020 at 7:30 PM PDT, 379,802 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 37.201, -119.272.
The incident
- Size
- 379,895 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 4, 2020 at 6:33 PM PDT
- Contained
- December 24, 2020 at 3:00 PM PST
- Controlled
- February 21, 2021 at 12:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- February 22, 2021 at 12:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Unknown, Cause and Origin Not Identified, Other, Unknown
- Location
- Big Creek, Huntington Lake, Shaver Lake, Mammoth Pool, San Joaquin River Canyon
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Big Creek
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $193,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CASNF-001391
- IRWIN identifier
- 33CBB9DC-6983-4F47-B821-9C9A6CAC381D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Shaver Lake, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Shaver Lake, CA7 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Auberry, CA14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Oakhurst, CA23 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Coarsegold, CA24 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Ahwahnee, CA27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Yosemite Lakes, CA28 miles west 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 March 10, 2021 at 4:21 PM PST. Identifier 2020-CASNF-001391.