River Fire
The River Fire was reported on August 16, 2020 in Monterey County, California and burned 48,088 acres. It was declared out on September 4, 2020.
- Size
- 48,088 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2020
- Personnel
- 40
Map
Perimeter mapped August 24, 2020 at 11:30 PM PDT, 48,869 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 36.563, -121.640.
The incident
- Size
- 48,088 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2020 at 2:38 AM PDT
- Declared out
- September 4, 2020 at 12:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- 5 Miles SE of Salinas
- County
- Monterey County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Salinas
- Protecting agency
- CDF
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Personnel assigned
- 40
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $24,493,709
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CABEU-004024
- IRWIN identifier
- D87D9FB8-3E55-4CF8-BB70-F099C48AB590
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Spreckels, CA covers the area today.
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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 December 7, 2020 at 4:37 PM PST. Identifier 2020-CABEU-004024.