Sugar Fire
The Sugar Fire was reported on July 2, 2021 in Plumas County, California and burned 105,076 acres. It was declared out on January 7, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 105,076 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 2, 2021
Map
Perimeter mapped July 9, 2021 at 8:13 AM PDT, 105,076 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.839, -120.345.
The incident
- Size
- 105,076 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 2, 2021 at 4:04 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 22, 2021 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 27, 2021 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- January 7, 2022 at 12:20 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Plumas County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Estimated cost to date
- $494,401,420
- Part of
- Beckwourth Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CAPNF-001046
- IRWIN identifier
- 33088F36-F802-4500-86A4-82DA6A62425F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Portola, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Portola, CA7 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cold Springs, NV22 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Verdi, NV29 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- East Quincy, CA30 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV30 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Golden Valley, NV32 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2021 All current fires
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 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM PDT. Identifier 2021-CAPNF-001046.