Lava Fire
The Lava Fire was reported on June 24, 2021 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 26,329 acres. It was declared out on November 9, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 26,329 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2021
- Personnel
- 5
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped June 27, 2021 at 6:00 AM PDT, 26,310 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.459, -122.329.
The incident
- Size
- 26,329 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2021 at 8:35 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 2, 2021 at 4:48 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 26, 2021 at 4:45 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 9, 2021 at 4:22 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Northeast of the community of Weed
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $35,250,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CASHF-000949
- IRWIN identifier
- A7F01FAF-7092-49EF-9D1E-154FBCA30808
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Weed, CA covers the area today.
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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 January 13, 2022 at 1:07 PM PST. Identifier 2021-CASHF-000949.