Caldor Fire
The Caldor Fire was reported on August 14, 2021 in El Dorado County, California and burned 221,835 acres. It was declared out on July 31, 2023.
- Size
- 221,835 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2021
- Personnel
- 526
Map
Perimeter mapped August 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM PDT, 221,784 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 38.585, -120.536.
The incident
- Size
- 221,835 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2021 at 6:54 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 11, 2021 at 7:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- October 11, 2021 at 7:05 AM PDT
- Declared out
- July 31, 2023 at 7:07 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Sixteen miles northeast of Plymouth, CA.
- County
- El Dorado County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Grizzly Flats, CA
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 526
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $271,147,512
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CAENF-024030
- IRWIN identifier
- E6C053C8-A346-43FB-9C29-632BC7536717
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Buckhorn, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 August 9, 2023 at 8:32 PM PDT. Identifier 2021-CAENF-024030.