Happy Fire
The Happy Fire was reported on July 16, 2024 in Fresno County, California and burned 12,543 acres. It was declared out on December 26, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 12,543 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2024
- Personnel
- 16
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped April 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM PDT, 0 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 36.845, -118.739.
The incident
- Size
- 12,543 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2024 at 9:18 AM PDT
- Declared out
- December 26, 2024 at 9:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Monarch Wilderness North of the Kings River
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CASQF-001285
- IRWIN identifier
- 6F24A509-17CB-44A2-95C8-CFD7B65B8E64
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Yokuts Valley, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Yokuts Valley, CA29 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Three Rivers, CA30 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Big Pine, CA33 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Orange Cove, CA35 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Woodlake, CA36 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Orosi, CA37 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 April 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM PDT. Identifier 2024-CASQF-001285.