California wildfires

Pearch Fire

ContainedHumboldt County, California2023Wildfire

The Pearch Fire was reported on August 16, 2023 in Humboldt County, California and burned 12,152 acres. It was fully contained on October 25, 2023.

Size
12,152 acres
Contained
100%
Discovered
August 16, 2023

Map

Perimeter mapped January 16, 2024 at 10:33 AM PST, 12,152 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.304, -123.488.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Willow Creek

The incident

Size
12,152 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
August 16, 2023 at 6:18 PM PDT
Contained
October 25, 2023 at 4:00 PM PDT
Cause
Undetermined
County
Humboldt 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-000983
IRWIN identifier
F40CFFB2-4238-4FED-A04A-5224984C82E5

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 19, 2023 (370 acres) to October 9, 2023 (12,152 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,514 acres, mapped September 23, 2023.

DayAcresChange
August 19, 2023370
August 20, 20233700
August 23, 20231,558+1,188
August 24, 20231,5580
August 25, 20231,747+189
August 26, 20232,046+299
August 27, 20232,0460
August 28, 20232,276+230
August 29, 20232,726+450
August 30, 20233,466+740
August 31, 20234,487+1,021
September 3, 20234,632+145
September 4, 20235,099+467
September 5, 20235,122+23
September 7, 20235,172+50
September 8, 20235,210+38
September 9, 20235,334+124
September 10, 20235,430+96
September 11, 20235,4300
September 12, 20235,747+317
September 13, 20235,832+85
September 14, 20235,927+95
September 15, 20236,367+440
September 16, 20236,862+495
September 17, 20237,490+628
September 18, 20237,938+448
September 19, 20238,176+238
September 20, 20238,424+248
September 21, 20238,973+549
September 22, 20239,617+644
September 23, 202311,131+1,514
September 25, 202311,344+213
September 26, 202311,3440
September 27, 202312,068+724
September 28, 202312,125+57
October 1, 202312,126+1
October 2, 202312,127+1
October 5, 202312,131+4
October 6, 202312,142+11
October 7, 202312,146+4
October 8, 202312,152+6
October 9, 202312,1520

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Willow Creek, 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 December 20, 2023 at 1:53 PM PST. Identifier 2023-CASRF-000983.