Nixon Fire
The Nixon Fire was reported on July 29, 2024 in Riverside County, California and burned 5,192 acres. It was declared out on August 13, 2024.
- Size
- 5,192 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2024
- Personnel
- 409
Map
Perimeter mapped December 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM PST, 0 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 33.485, -116.780.
The incident
- Size
- 5,192 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2024 at 12:30 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 7, 2024 at 3:14 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 13, 2024 at 10:43 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Community of Aguanga Unincorporated area of Riverside County
- County
- Riverside County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Community of Aguanga
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 409
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,939,690
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CARRU-115141
- IRWIN identifier
- 9DA145D8-6710-46BD-A9B1-AD879BCF7801
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Aguanga, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Aguanga, CA6 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Anza, CA8 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Idyllwild, CA18 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA18 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Valle Vista, CA19 miles north of the fire’s origin
- East Hemet, CA20 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 December 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM PST. Identifier 2024-CARRU-115141.