Scu Lightning Complex
The Scu Lightning Complex was reported on August 16, 2020 in Santa Clara County, California and burned 396,624 acres. It was declared out on October 1, 2020.
- Size
- 396,624 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2020
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped May 4, 2021 at 3:50 PM PDT, 21 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 37.424, -121.568.
The incident
- Size
- 396,624 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2020 at 5:56 AM PDT
- Declared out
- October 1, 2020 at 12:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Multiple locations across Diablo Mountain Range.
- County
- Santa Clara County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Gilroy
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $69,412,351
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CASCU-005740
- IRWIN identifier
- 871C357C-444E-437E-AD4D-EBDAF39C3AD6
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for East Foothills, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- East Foothills, CA14 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Alum Rock, CA15 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Seven Trees, CA18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Communications Hill, CA18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Milpitas, CA19 miles west of the fire’s origin
- San Jose, CA19 miles west 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 October 30, 2020 at 10:02 PM PDT. Identifier 2020-CASCU-005740.