Gold Fire
The Gold Fire was reported on August 16, 2023 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 968 acres. It was fully contained on August 20, 2023.
- Size
- 968 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- 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 November 27, 2023 at 1:40 PM PST, 947 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 41.671, -123.089.
The incident
- Size
- 968 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2023 at 11:34 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 20, 2023 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CAKNF-007026
- IRWIN identifier
- 127A24AF-7FB1-479A-87C7-B0C2290C5546
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 17, 2023 (0 acres) to August 24, 2023 (947 acres). The largest one-day growth was 508 acres, mapped August 20, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 17, 2023 | 0 | |
| August 19, 2023 | 62 | +62 |
| August 20, 2023 | 571 | +509 |
| August 22, 2023 | 731 | +160 |
| August 23, 2023 | 968 | +237 |
| August 24, 2023 | 947 | -21 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fort Jones, 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 September 19, 2023 at 4:11 PM PDT. Identifier 2023-CAKNF-007026.