Fork Fire
The Fork Fire was reported on September 8, 2020 in El Dorado County, California and burned 1,673 acres. It was declared out on March 9, 2021.
- Size
- 1,673 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 8, 2020
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM PDT, 1,669 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 38.990, -120.394.
The incident
- Size
- 1,673 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 8, 2020 at 11:15 AM PDT
- Contained
- November 8, 2020 at 8:42 AM PST
- Controlled
- December 17, 2020 at 2:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- March 9, 2021 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Unknown, Cause and Origin Not Identified
- Location
- Crystal Basin/Gerle Creek, 15 Miles NE of Pollock Pines
- County
- El Dorado County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $7,256,250
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CAENF-027219
- IRWIN identifier
- D1A5A79C-0354-4C70-83EA-9A0F37488850
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tahoma, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Tahoma, CA15 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Pollock Pines, CA19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Dollar Point, CA21 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- South Lake Tahoe, CA22 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Foresthill, CA23 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 26, 2021 at 2:21 PM PDT. Identifier 2020-CAENF-027219.