Copper Fire
The Copper Fire was reported on August 28, 2023 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 2 acres. It was declared out on December 22, 2023.
- Size
- 2 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 28, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped January 11, 2024 at 2:46 PM PST, 2,184 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 41.554, -123.659.
The incident
- Size
- 2 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 28, 2023 at 11:40 AM PDT
- Declared out
- December 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Part of
- SRF Lightning Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CASRF-001075
- IRWIN identifier
- FEDF9D60-2E55-493B-9C09-E0474E89C16D
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 29, 2023 (2 acres) to September 15, 2023 (2,184 acres). The largest one-day growth was 623 acres, mapped September 14, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 29, 2023 | 2 | |
| August 30, 2023 | 98 | +96 |
| August 31, 2023 | 272 | +174 |
| September 4, 2023 | 792 | +520 |
| September 6, 2023 | 811 | +19 |
| September 7, 2023 | 836 | +25 |
| September 8, 2023 | 871 | +35 |
| September 9, 2023 | 902 | +31 |
| September 10, 2023 | 1,012 | +110 |
| September 11, 2023 | 1,034 | +22 |
| September 12, 2023 | 1,068 | +34 |
| September 13, 2023 | 1,138 | +70 |
| September 14, 2023 | 1,760 | +622 |
| September 15, 2023 | 2,184 | +424 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Klamath, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Klamath, CA20 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Happy Camp, CA22 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA29 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA31 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Westhaven-Moonstone, CA42 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 16, 2024 at 3:20 PM PST. Identifier 2023-CASRF-001075.