Chaparral Fire
The Chaparral Fire was reported on August 28, 2021 in San Diego County, California and burned 1,427 acres. It was declared out on September 15, 2021. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,427 acres
- Contained
- 97%
- Discovered
- August 28, 2021
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped August 30, 2021 at 3:00 AM PDT, 1,426 acres (infrared image). Point of origin 33.484, -117.400.
The incident
- Size
- 1,427 acres
- Containment
- 97%
- Discovered
- August 28, 2021 at 12:35 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 8, 2021 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 15, 2021 at 2:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause, Other, Unknown
- Location
- Trabuco
- County
- San Diego County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- PRI
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CACNF-002791
- IRWIN identifier
- 4AD24859-CB08-47E7-86EC-A4CF71191E75
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wildomar, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Wildomar, CA11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lakeland Village, CA11 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fallbrook, CA11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Murrieta, CA12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Sedco Hills, CA13 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Camp Pendleton North, CA13 miles southeast 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 September 22, 2021 at 8:35 AM PDT. Identifier 2021-CACNF-002791.