Tamarack Fire
The Tamarack Fire was reported on July 4, 2021 in Alpine County, California and burned 68,637 acres. It was declared out on November 18, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 68,637 acres
- Contained
- 84%
- Discovered
- July 4, 2021
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM PDT, 67,054 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 38.628, -119.857.
The incident
- Size
- 68,637 acres
- Containment
- 84%
- Discovered
- July 4, 2021 at 11:57 AM PDT
- Contained
- October 26, 2021 at 1:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 18, 2021 at 4:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 16 Miles south of Gardnerville, NV
- County
- Alpine County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Markleeville
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $37,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NVHTF-030419
- IRWIN identifier
- B30866D5-FE66-4103-9B00-07ABE902A13F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gardnerville Ranchos, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Gardnerville Ranchos, NV19 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Topaz Ranch Estates, NV21 miles east of the fire’s origin
- South Lake Tahoe, CA22 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Gardnerville, NV22 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Minden, NV23 miles north of the fire’s origin
- East Valley, NV23 miles north 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 February 9, 2022 at 10:29 AM PST. Identifier 2021-NVHTF-030419.