Mountain Fire
The Mountain Fire was reported on November 6, 2024 in Ventura County, California and burned 19,904 acres. It is 98 percent contained.
- Size
- 19,904 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- November 6, 2024
- Personnel
- 66
Map
Perimeter mapped November 19, 2024 at 3:17 PM PST, 20,630 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.315, -118.971.
The incident
- Size
- 19,904 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- November 6, 2024 at 9:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 7930 Balcom Canyon Road, Moorpark ~5 miles northwest of Moorpark
- County
- Ventura County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 66
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $53,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CAVNC-094825
- IRWIN identifier
- 70E13D7C-9894-401C-8BB4-F0A3C2F4DF4C
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from November 6, 2024 (10,458 acres) to November 13, 2024 (20,630 acres). The largest one-day growth was 10,139 acres, mapped November 7, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2024 | 10,458 | |
| November 7, 2024 | 20,596 | +10,138 |
| November 8, 2024 | 20,610 | +14 |
| November 9, 2024 | 20,580 | -30 |
| November 10, 2024 | 20,630 | +50 |
| November 11, 2024 | 20,630 | 0 |
| November 12, 2024 | 20,630 | 0 |
| November 13, 2024 | 20,630 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Moorpark, 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 November 19, 2024 at 3:17 PM PST. Identifier 2024-CAVNC-094825.