Bluff #1 Fire
The Bluff #1 Fire was reported on August 15, 2023 in Del Norte County, California and burned 4,270 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 4,270 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped January 11, 2024 at 2:51 PM PST, 4,764 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 41.433, -123.693.
The incident
- Size
- 4,270 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2023 at 1:13 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Del Norte County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Part of
- SRF Lightning Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CASRF-000957
- IRWIN identifier
- 3103D068-2E76-4FD2-9D01-B0EF1CABB7B9
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 20, 2023 (657 acres) to September 22, 2023 (4,764 acres). The largest one-day growth was 922 acres, mapped September 15, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2023 | 657 | |
| August 21, 2023 | 656 | -1 |
| August 24, 2023 | 828 | +172 |
| August 25, 2023 | 1,163 | +335 |
| August 26, 2023 | 1,419 | +256 |
| August 27, 2023 | 1,419 | 0 |
| August 28, 2023 | 1,456 | +37 |
| August 29, 2023 | 1,526 | +70 |
| August 30, 2023 | 1,595 | +69 |
| August 31, 2023 | 1,856 | +261 |
| September 4, 2023 | 2,033 | +177 |
| September 5, 2023 | 2,033 | 0 |
| September 6, 2023 | 2,049 | +16 |
| September 7, 2023 | 2,097 | +48 |
| September 8, 2023 | 2,112 | +15 |
| September 9, 2023 | 2,125 | +13 |
| September 10, 2023 | 2,169 | +44 |
| September 11, 2023 | 2,193 | +24 |
| September 12, 2023 | 2,232 | +39 |
| September 13, 2023 | 2,305 | +73 |
| September 14, 2023 | 2,544 | +239 |
| September 15, 2023 | 3,466 | +922 |
| September 16, 2023 | 3,669 | +203 |
| September 17, 2023 | 3,814 | +145 |
| September 18, 2023 | 3,912 | +98 |
| September 19, 2023 | 3,999 | +87 |
| September 20, 2023 | 4,146 | +147 |
| September 21, 2023 | 4,352 | +206 |
| September 22, 2023 | 4,764 | +412 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Klamath, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Klamath, CA19 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Happy Camp, CA30 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Willow Creek, CA34 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Westhaven-Moonstone, CA34 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA35 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 January 8, 2024 at 8:06 AM PST. Identifier 2023-CASRF-000957.