California wildfires

Kelly Fire

ContainedDel Norte County, California2023Wildfire

The Kelly Fire was reported on August 15, 2023 in Del Norte County, California and burned 81,148 acres. It was fully contained on November 13, 2023.

Size
81,148 acres
Contained
100%
Discovered
August 15, 2023

Map

Perimeter mapped April 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM PDT, 89,326 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.859, -123.840.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Gasquet

The incident

Size
81,148 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
August 15, 2023 at 7:19 AM PDT
Contained
November 13, 2023 at 5:00 PM PST
Cause
Undetermined
County
Del Norte County
State
California
Protecting agency
USFS
Jurisdiction
USFS
Land ownership at origin
USFS
Estimated cost to date
$146,955,000
Part of
Smith River Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2023-CASRF-000939
IRWIN identifier
531B9F1B-1B36-4B91-8E63-2AADA4881DEB

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 16, 2023 (865 acres) to April 22, 2025 (89,326 acres). The largest one-day growth was 16,990 acres, mapped August 21, 2023.

DayAcresChange
August 16, 2023865
August 17, 20232,570+1,705
August 18, 20235,381+2,811
August 19, 202312,311+6,930
August 20, 202317,148+4,837
August 21, 202334,138+16,990
August 22, 202342,023+7,885
August 23, 202346,975+4,952
August 24, 202351,088+4,113
August 25, 202360,878+9,790
August 26, 202362,370+1,492
August 27, 202364,987+2,617
August 28, 202367,912+2,925
August 29, 202370,798+2,886
August 30, 202373,070+2,272
August 31, 202379,248+6,178
September 2, 202379,302+54
September 3, 202379,978+676
September 4, 202380,596+618
September 5, 202380,667+71
September 7, 202380,687+20
September 8, 202380,850+163
September 9, 202380,853+3
September 10, 202381,054+201
September 11, 202381,576+522
September 12, 202381,945+369
September 13, 202382,324+379
September 14, 202383,579+1,255
September 15, 202384,066+487
September 16, 202386,917+2,851
September 17, 202387,167+250
September 19, 202387,625+458
September 20, 202387,768+143
September 21, 202388,441+673
September 22, 202388,891+450
September 23, 202389,207+316
September 27, 202389,267+60
October 1, 202389,2670
October 2, 202389,354+87
October 3, 202389,352-2
October 5, 202389,3520
October 6, 202389,322-30
October 8, 202389,325+3
October 13, 202389,3250
April 22, 202589,326+1

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gasquet, CA covers the area today.

Nearby

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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 June 22, 2024 at 10:14 AM PDT. Identifier 2023-CASRF-000939.