River Fire
The River Fire was reported on August 4, 2021 in Placer County, California and burned 2,619 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,619 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2021
- Personnel
- 49
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped August 5, 2021 at 6:37 PM PDT, 2,446 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.094, -120.973.
The incident
- Size
- 2,619 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2021 at 1:59 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 1 Air mile southwest of Colfax
- County
- Placer County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Colfax, CA
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 49
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,850,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CANEU-020628
- IRWIN identifier
- CD496AEC-A7E7-4F99-A9B2-C7501A1C0A2D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Colfax, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Colfax, CA1 mile northeast of the fire’s origin
- Alta Sierra, CA5 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake of the Pines, CA6 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Meadow Vista, CA7 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Foresthill, CA10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Grass Valley, CA10 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 September 8, 2021 at 1:58 PM PDT. Identifier 2021-CANEU-020628.