Diamond Fire
The Diamond Fire was reported on August 15, 2023 in Del Norte County, California and burned 550 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 550 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped January 16, 2024 at 3:52 PM PST, 550 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.939, -123.952.
The incident
- Size
- 550 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2023 at 9:24 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Del Norte County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Part of
- Smith River Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CASRF-000945
- IRWIN identifier
- 92EBA8D8-A7B1-4BA0-B3B9-505B46B912DF
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 16, 2023 (349 acres) to January 16, 2024 (550 acres). The largest one-day growth was 178 acres, mapped August 18, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 16, 2023 | 349 | |
| August 17, 2023 | 252 | -97 |
| August 18, 2023 | 430 | +178 |
| August 20, 2023 | 446 | +16 |
| August 21, 2023 | 464 | +18 |
| August 22, 2023 | 484 | +20 |
| August 23, 2023 | 491 | +7 |
| August 24, 2023 | 496 | +5 |
| August 26, 2023 | 548 | +52 |
| August 28, 2023 | 550 | +2 |
| September 2, 2023 | 550 | 0 |
| January 16, 2024 | 550 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gasquet, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Gasquet, CA7 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Harbor, OR18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Brookings, OR19 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 11:02 AM PST. Identifier 2023-CASRF-000945.