# Pilot Fire > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pilot_Fire > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pilot_Fire.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_Fire > Source revision: 1340695910 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2016 wildfire in Southern California Not to be confused with [pilot flame](/source/Pilot_flame). Pilot Fire Part of the 2016 California wildfires View of the smoke plume of the Pilot Fire, with Silverwood Lake in foreground, August 07. Date(s) August 7, 2016 (2016-08-07) – August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16) Location Silverwood Lake, San Bernardino County, California Coordinates 34°17′17″N 117°15′04″W / 34.288°N 117.251°W / 34.288; -117.251 Statistics[1] Burned area 8,110 acres (33 km2) Impacts Structures destroyed 0 Ignition Cause Vehicle Fire Map Location in Southern California The **Pilot Fire** was a [wildfire](/source/Wildfire) that burned near [Silverwood Lake](/source/Silverwood_Lake) in [San Bernardino County, California](/source/San_Bernardino_County%2C_California). The fire started at about 12:10 pm on Sunday, August 7, 2016, near the Miller Canyon [OHV](/source/Off-highway_vehicle) area off [California State Route 138](/source/California_State_Route_138). The name "Pilot" refers to where the fire was first reported: the Pilot Rock Conservation Camp, a minimum-security prison camp/[fire camp](/source/Fire_camp) consisting of inmates trained for firefighting.[2][3][4] The fire was under the management of the [United States Forest Service](/source/United_States_Forest_Service) in Unified Command with the [California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection](/source/California_Department_of_Forestry_and_Fire_Protection) (CAL FIRE), the San Bernardino County Fire Department, and the [San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department](/source/San_Bernardino_County_Sheriff's_Department). The estimated full containment date was by 6:00 AM (PST) on August 16, 2016 and burned a total of 8,110 acres. On March 1, 2017, six months after the fire, fire investigators with the [San Bernardino National Forest](/source/San_Bernardino_National_Forest) determined the cause was by a vehicle on fire.[5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-inciweb_1-0)** ["Pilot Fire Incident Information"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160808221306/http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4932/). [Inciweb](/source/Inciweb). August 14, 2016. Archived from [the original](https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4932/) on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Pilot fire forces thousands to evacuate"](http://www.whittierdailynews.com/general-news/20160808/pilot-fire-forces-thousands-to-evacuate-in-lake-arrowhead-summit-valley-areas). *The Whittier Daily News*. August 8, 2016. Because it began near the Pilot Rock Conservation Camp, it was named the Pilot fire. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Pilot fire burns 1,500 acres"](http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20160807/pilot-fire-burns-1500-acres-forces-evacuations-near-silverwood-lake). *[The San Bernardino Sun](/source/The_San_Bernardino_Sun)*. August 7, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016. The fire also was near the state's Pilot Rock Conservation Camp. [Cal Fire](/source/Cal_Fire) agency jointly operates the camp with the [state Department of Corrections](/source/California_Department_of_Corrections_and_Rehabilitation) and provide inmate crews for fire fighting. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Pilot Rock Conservation Camp (#15) official page"](http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Conservation_Camps/Camps/Pilot_Rock/). *Calif. Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Quintero, Jose (March 1, 2017). ["Six months later, officials confirm vehicle fire started Pilot Fire"](https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20170301/six-months-later-officials-confirm-vehicle-fire-started-pilot-fire). *vvdailypress.com*. 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