Blue Creek 2 Fire
The Blue Creek 2 Fire was reported on August 15, 2023 in Del Norte County, California and burned 9,751 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 9,751 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped January 11, 2024 at 2:49 PM PST, 13,996 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 41.523, -123.721.
The incident
- Size
- 9,751 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2023 at 1:52 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Del Norte County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $25,000
- Part of
- SRF Lightning Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CASRF-000961
- IRWIN identifier
- 3E60241B-9300-42DA-A61B-CEF294CCD6F2
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 20, 2023 (318 acres) to September 22, 2023 (13,996 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,055 acres, mapped September 16, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2023 | 318 | |
| August 21, 2023 | 318 | 0 |
| August 22, 2023 | 318 | 0 |
| August 24, 2023 | 419 | +101 |
| August 25, 2023 | 667 | +248 |
| August 26, 2023 | 1,102 | +435 |
| August 27, 2023 | 1,102 | 0 |
| August 28, 2023 | 1,392 | +290 |
| August 29, 2023 | 1,783 | +391 |
| August 30, 2023 | 2,222 | +439 |
| August 31, 2023 | 2,601 | +379 |
| September 4, 2023 | 2,986 | +385 |
| September 5, 2023 | 3,132 | +146 |
| September 7, 2023 | 3,186 | +54 |
| September 8, 2023 | 3,267 | +81 |
| September 9, 2023 | 3,358 | +91 |
| September 10, 2023 | 3,470 | +112 |
| September 11, 2023 | 3,578 | +108 |
| September 12, 2023 | 3,664 | +86 |
| September 13, 2023 | 3,783 | +119 |
| September 14, 2023 | 3,946 | +163 |
| September 15, 2023 | 4,253 | +307 |
| September 16, 2023 | 7,308 | +3,055 |
| September 17, 2023 | 9,081 | +1,773 |
| September 18, 2023 | 9,687 | +606 |
| September 19, 2023 | 10,097 | +410 |
| September 20, 2023 | 10,943 | +846 |
| September 21, 2023 | 12,492 | +1,549 |
| September 22, 2023 | 13,996 | +1,504 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Klamath, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Klamath, CA16 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Happy Camp, CA26 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA28 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA30 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA32 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Westhaven-Moonstone, CA39 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 January 8, 2024 at 11:04 AM PST. Identifier 2023-CASRF-000961.