Park Fire
The Park Fire was reported on July 24, 2024 in Butte County, California and burned 429,603 acres. It was fully contained on September 26, 2024.
- Size
- 429,603 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2024
- Personnel
- 102
Map
Perimeter mapped August 11, 2024 at 7:51 PM PDT, 429,603 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.819, -121.803.
The incident
- Size
- 429,603 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2024 at 2:52 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 26, 2024 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Upper Bidwell Park, Butte County, Tehama County
- County
- Butte County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Chico
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 102
- Incident management
- NIMO, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $351,300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CABTU-013761
- IRWIN identifier
- 22CAD814-48B1-4460-A368-F50F493F3740
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 25, 2024 (124,948 acres) to August 24, 2024 (429,603 acres). The largest one-day growth was 114,205 acres, mapped July 26, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 25, 2024 | 124,948 | |
| July 26, 2024 | 239,153 | +114,205 |
| July 27, 2024 | 353,194 | +114,041 |
| July 28, 2024 | 357,341 | +4,147 |
| July 29, 2024 | 370,237 | +12,896 |
| July 30, 2024 | 386,764 | +16,527 |
| July 31, 2024 | 391,200 | +4,436 |
| August 1, 2024 | 393,815 | +2,615 |
| August 2, 2024 | 399,546 | +5,731 |
| August 3, 2024 | 401,199 | +1,653 |
| August 4, 2024 | 401,510 | +311 |
| August 5, 2024 | 406,559 | +5,049 |
| August 6, 2024 | 419,796 | +13,237 |
| August 7, 2024 | 422,925 | +3,129 |
| August 8, 2024 | 428,194 | +5,269 |
| August 9, 2024 | 429,045 | +851 |
| August 10, 2024 | 429,163 | +118 |
| August 11, 2024 | 429,249 | +86 |
| August 12, 2024 | 429,261 | +12 |
| August 18, 2024 | 429,388 | +127 |
| August 19, 2024 | 429,401 | +13 |
| August 20, 2024 | 429,460 | +59 |
| August 21, 2024 | 429,464 | +4 |
| August 23, 2024 | 429,560 | +96 |
| August 24, 2024 | 429,603 | +43 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Chico, 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 May 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM PDT. Identifier 2024-CABTU-013761.