Coffee Pot Fire
The Coffee Pot Fire was reported on August 3, 2024 in Tulare County, California and burned 14,104 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 14,104 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2024
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped February 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM PST, 14,104 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 36.392, -118.765.
The incident
- Size
- 14,104 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2024 at 8:05 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Eight miles east of Three Rivers in Sequoia National Park
- County
- Tulare County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Three Rivers
- Protecting agency
- NPS
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $68,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CAKNP-000088
- IRWIN identifier
- 62A5DB78-38A8-4B54-8F7C-664DB0783E9C
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 12, 2024 (9 acres) to September 18, 2024 (14,104 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,398 acres, mapped August 31, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2024 | 9 | |
| August 13, 2024 | 28 | +19 |
| August 14, 2024 | 49 | +21 |
| August 15, 2024 | 94 | +45 |
| August 16, 2024 | 228 | +134 |
| August 17, 2024 | 623 | +395 |
| August 18, 2024 | 743 | +120 |
| August 19, 2024 | 1,123 | +380 |
| August 20, 2024 | 1,526 | +403 |
| August 21, 2024 | 1,771 | +245 |
| August 22, 2024 | 2,352 | +581 |
| August 23, 2024 | 2,770 | +418 |
| August 24, 2024 | 3,012 | +242 |
| August 25, 2024 | 3,382 | +370 |
| August 26, 2024 | 3,519 | +137 |
| August 27, 2024 | 3,852 | +333 |
| August 28, 2024 | 5,095 | +1,243 |
| August 29, 2024 | 6,053 | +958 |
| August 30, 2024 | 7,766 | +1,713 |
| August 31, 2024 | 10,164 | +2,398 |
| September 1, 2024 | 11,512 | +1,348 |
| September 2, 2024 | 11,953 | +441 |
| September 3, 2024 | 12,261 | +308 |
| September 4, 2024 | 12,915 | +654 |
| September 5, 2024 | 13,041 | +126 |
| September 6, 2024 | 13,252 | +211 |
| September 7, 2024 | 13,347 | +95 |
| September 8, 2024 | 13,440 | +93 |
| September 9, 2024 | 13,524 | +84 |
| September 10, 2024 | 13,715 | +191 |
| September 11, 2024 | 13,999 | +284 |
| September 12, 2024 | 14,071 | +72 |
| September 13, 2024 | 14,075 | +4 |
| September 14, 2024 | 14,080 | +5 |
| September 15, 2024 | 14,081 | +1 |
| September 16, 2024 | 14,096 | +15 |
| September 17, 2024 | 14,099 | +3 |
| September 18, 2024 | 14,104 | +5 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Three Rivers, 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 February 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM PST. Identifier 2024-CAKNP-000088.