Boise Fire
The Boise Fire was reported on August 9, 2024 in Humboldt County, California and burned 12,929 acres. It was fully contained on September 20, 2024.
- Size
- 12,929 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2024
- Personnel
- 177
Map
Perimeter mapped March 17, 2026 at 2:22 PM PDT, 12,913 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.251, -123.518.
The incident
- Size
- 12,929 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2024 at 8:50 AM PDT
- Contained
- September 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Le Perron Flat 4 miles SE of the town of Orleans in the Boise Creek drainage.
- County
- Humboldt County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Orleans
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 177
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,664,545
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CASRF-000729
- IRWIN identifier
- AAABEA8A-0E28-4D8D-BC93-19D27C9EE4BB
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 10, 2024 (892 acres) to March 17, 2026 (12,913 acres). The largest one-day growth was 4,290 acres, mapped August 13, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 10, 2024 | 892 | |
| August 11, 2024 | 1,621 | +729 |
| August 12, 2024 | 2,933 | +1,312 |
| August 13, 2024 | 7,223 | +4,290 |
| August 14, 2024 | 8,622 | +1,399 |
| August 15, 2024 | 10,533 | +1,911 |
| August 16, 2024 | 10,796 | +263 |
| August 17, 2024 | 11,426 | +630 |
| August 18, 2024 | 11,946 | +520 |
| August 19, 2024 | 12,052 | +106 |
| August 20, 2024 | 12,237 | +185 |
| August 21, 2024 | 12,842 | +605 |
| August 22, 2024 | 12,880 | +38 |
| August 25, 2024 | 12,907 | +27 |
| August 27, 2024 | 12,907 | 0 |
| August 30, 2024 | 12,910 | +3 |
| August 31, 2024 | 12,911 | +1 |
| September 1, 2024 | 12,911 | 0 |
| September 2, 2024 | 12,912 | +1 |
| March 17, 2026 | 12,913 | +1 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Willow Creek, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Willow Creek, CA22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Westhaven-Moonstone, CA34 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Blue Lake, CA35 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- McKinleyville, CA37 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Happy Camp, CA38 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Arcata, CA40 miles southwest 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 March 17, 2026 at 2:22 PM PDT. Identifier 2024-CASRF-000729.