W-5 Cold Springs Fire
The W-5 Cold Springs Fire was reported on August 18, 2020 in Lassen County, California and burned 84,817 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 84,817 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2020
- Personnel
- 30
Map
Perimeter mapped September 6, 2020 at 5:38 AM PDT, 84,817 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.029, -120.281.
The incident
- Size
- 84,817 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2020 at 11:40 AM PDT
- Contained
- September 13, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 1, 2020 at 8:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 11 miles E of Madeline, CA - Lassen and Modoc Counties (CA) and Washoe Co (NV)
- County
- Lassen County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Cedarville, CA
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 30
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CANOD-004727
- IRWIN identifier
- 0AFEBC32-36EE-4FA8-AEC5-419C9C6BA51D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for California Pines, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- California Pines, CA33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Alturas, CA34 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Susanville, CA47 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Johnstonville, CA47 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Janesville, CA52 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Westwood, CA63 miles southwest 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 February 2, 2021 at 2:38 PM PST. Identifier 2020-CANOD-004727.