Elk Fire
The Elk Fire was reported on August 16, 2020 in Glenn County, California and burned 727 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 727 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2020
- Personnel
- 17
Map
Perimeter mapped date not reported, 740 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 39.587, -122.446.
The incident
- Size
- 727 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2020 at 8:02 AM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Fruto
- County
- Glenn County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Elk Creek
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Part of
- Butte/Tehama/Glenn Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CATGU-008702
- IRWIN identifier
- 0E5373E4-6CCB-483A-9327-A78B8766BDE4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Willows, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Willows, CA14 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Orland, CA17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hamilton City, CA25 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Maxwell, CA25 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Corning, CA28 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA30 miles north 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 September 14, 2020 at 5:55 PM PDT. Identifier 2020-CATGU-008702.