McCash Fire
The McCash Fire was reported on July 31, 2021 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 94,962 acres. It was declared out on November 11, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 94,962 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2021
- Personnel
- 157
Map
Perimeter mapped September 22, 2021 at 5:29 PM PDT, 94,962 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.564, -123.404.
The incident
- Size
- 94,962 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2021 at 7:11 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 27, 2021 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 11, 2021 at 6:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Ten Bear, Mt McCash Creek
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Orleans
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 157
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $53,350,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CASRF-000651
- IRWIN identifier
- D294B9CA-4CE7-46C5-874B-E12EBE925E1F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Happy Camp, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Happy Camp, CA16 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA41 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Yreka, CA41 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA43 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cave Junction, OR43 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA44 miles northwest 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 January 7, 2022 at 6:49 PM PST. Identifier 2021-CASRF-000651.