Mosquito Fire
The Mosquito Fire was reported on September 6, 2022 in Placer County, California and burned 76,788 acres. It was declared out on August 1, 2023.
- Size
- 76,788 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 6, 2022
- Personnel
- 545
Map
Perimeter mapped July 23, 2024 at 5:31 PM PDT, 76,771 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 39.006, -120.745.
The incident
- Size
- 76,788 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 6, 2022 at 6:27 PM PDT
- Controlled
- November 10, 2022 at 6:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- August 1, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Oxbow Reservoir. 4 miles east of Foresthill.
- County
- Placer County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Foresthill
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 545
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $181,100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-CATNF-001371
- IRWIN identifier
- 44773D0C-F5B6-4413-BAE1-4C929BF9E912
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Foresthill, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Foresthill, CA4 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Georgetown, CA8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Auburn Lake Trails, CA13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Colfax, CA13 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Meadow Vista, CA15 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cool, CA17 miles southwest 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 August 28, 2024 at 12:09 PM PDT. Identifier 2022-CATNF-001371.