California wildfires

Mosquito Fire

OutHumboldt County, California2023Wildfire

The Mosquito Fire was reported on August 15, 2023 in Humboldt County, California and burned 17,984 acres. It was declared out on October 17, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.

Size
17,984 acres
Contained
100%
Discovered
August 15, 2023

Map

Perimeter mapped October 5, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT, 34,188 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.372, -123.673.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Klamath

The incident

Size
17,984 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
August 15, 2023 at 12:12 PM PDT
Contained
October 25, 2023 at 4:00 PM PDT
Controlled
November 25, 2023 at 5:00 PM PST
Declared out
October 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM PDT
Cause
Natural
County
Humboldt County
State
California
Protecting agency
USFS
Jurisdiction
USFS
Land ownership at origin
USFS
Estimated cost to date
$75,425,000
Part of
SRF Lightning Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2023-CASRF-000954
IRWIN identifier
C6CFF715-78DB-4D64-A750-9DB12A048A36

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 15, 2023 (21 acres) to October 9, 2023 (34,188 acres). The largest one-day growth was 19,476 acres, mapped September 22, 2023.

DayAcresChange
August 15, 202321
August 17, 2023261+240
August 18, 2023395+134
August 20, 20233950
August 21, 20231,061+666
August 22, 20231,0610
August 23, 20231,208+147
August 24, 20231,573+365
August 25, 20231,652+79
August 26, 20231,913+261
August 27, 20231,9130
August 28, 20231,944+31
August 29, 20232,029+85
August 30, 20232,114+85
August 31, 20232,263+149
September 4, 20232,557+294
September 5, 20232,5570
September 6, 20232,576+19
September 7, 20232,5760
September 8, 20232,604+28
September 9, 20232,609+5
September 10, 20232,681+72
September 11, 20232,769+88
September 12, 20232,933+164
September 13, 20233,053+120
September 14, 20233,196+143
September 15, 20233,932+736
September 16, 20234,376+444
September 17, 20234,942+566
September 18, 20235,224+282
September 19, 20235,486+262
September 20, 20235,829+343
September 21, 20236,258+429
September 22, 202325,735+19,477
September 23, 202329,266+3,531
September 24, 202329,2660
September 25, 202329,183-83
September 26, 202329,1830
September 27, 202332,831+3,648
September 28, 202333,368+537
October 1, 202333,445+77
October 2, 202333,453+8
October 5, 202333,521+68
October 6, 202333,660+139
October 7, 202333,781+121
October 8, 202333,955+174
October 9, 202334,188+233

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Klamath, 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 November 20, 2024 at 11:52 AM PST. Identifier 2023-CASRF-000954.