3-9 Fire
The 3-9 Fire was reported on August 16, 2023 in Humboldt County, California and burned 2,840 acres. It was declared out on August 16, 2024.
- Size
- 2,840 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2023
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped September 17, 2024 at 9:36 AM PDT, 2,836 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 40.638, -123.587.
The incident
- Size
- 2,840 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2023 at 2:22 AM PDT
- Contained
- November 1, 2023 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- January 9, 2024 at 6:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- August 16, 2024 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Humboldt County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $38,000,000
- Part of
- South Fork Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CASRF-000972
- IRWIN identifier
- 139F46D2-FD28-441A-A53F-E30A5F11454A
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 17, 2023 (584 acres) to September 17, 2024 (2,836 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,046 acres, mapped August 20, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 17, 2023 | 584 | |
| August 18, 2023 | 413 | -171 |
| August 20, 2023 | 1,458 | +1,045 |
| August 21, 2023 | 1,430 | -28 |
| August 23, 2023 | 1,661 | +231 |
| August 24, 2023 | 1,714 | +53 |
| August 25, 2023 | 1,780 | +66 |
| August 26, 2023 | 1,817 | +37 |
| August 27, 2023 | 1,831 | +14 |
| August 28, 2023 | 1,864 | +33 |
| August 29, 2023 | 2,187 | +323 |
| August 30, 2023 | 2,686 | +499 |
| August 31, 2023 | 2,761 | +75 |
| September 1, 2023 | 2,921 | +160 |
| September 2, 2023 | 2,867 | -54 |
| September 3, 2023 | 2,855 | -12 |
| September 4, 2023 | 2,840 | -15 |
| September 5, 2023 | 2,840 | 0 |
| September 17, 2024 | 2,836 | -4 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Willow Creek, CA covers the area today.
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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 January 28, 2026 at 3:13 PM PST. Identifier 2023-CASRF-000972.