Metz Fire
The Metz Fire was reported on July 23, 2024 in Monterey County, California and burned 1,100 acres. It was fully contained on July 25, 2024.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2024
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 36.340, -121.200.
The incident
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2024 at 2:36 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 25, 2024 at 6:47 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Grasslands
- County
- Monterey County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $750,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CABEU-004737
- IRWIN identifier
- A0C05B93-FB0E-4CFF-8BE1-18CEAD80034A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Greenfield, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Greenfield, CA3 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Soledad, CA9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- King City, CA10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Gonzales, CA18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Chualar, CA24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Carmel Valley Village, CA34 miles west 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 July 25, 2024 at 3:17 PM PDT. Identifier 2024-CABEU-004737.