Vinegar Peak Fire
The Vinegar Peak Fire was reported on August 19, 2020 in Trinity County, California and burned 12 acres. It was declared out on October 31, 2022.
- Size
- 12 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 19, 2020
Map
Perimeter mapped October 31, 2022 at 1:38 PM PDT, 12 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 40.062, -122.982.
The incident
- Size
- 12 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 19, 2020 at 3:14 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 31, 2022 at 12:12 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown, Lightning
- County
- Trinity County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $182
- Part of
- August Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CAMNF-000803
- IRWIN identifier
- F484A541-EA09-4396-BD43-20E8F42A1CD9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Covelo, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Covelo, CA23 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA31 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Hayfork, CA36 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Laytonville, CA37 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Red Bluff, CA40 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Cottonwood, CA43 miles northeast 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 November 16, 2022 at 2:48 PM PST. Identifier 2020-CAMNF-000803.