Post Fire
The Post Fire was reported on June 15, 2024 in Los Angeles County, California and burned 15,563 acres. It was declared out on August 5, 2024.
- Size
- 15,563 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2024
- Personnel
- 123
Map
Perimeter mapped June 21, 2024 at 7:05 PM PDT, 15,563 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.803, -118.878.
The incident
- Size
- 15,563 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2024 at 1:47 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 26, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- June 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 5, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- South of Gorman, CA
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Gorman
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 123
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $18,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CALAC-205253
- IRWIN identifier
- 0DC18BD0-8B1E-49B7-BF2D-75D5140D286B
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 15, 2024 (2,012 acres) to June 21, 2024 (15,564 acres). The largest one-day growth was 12,609 acres, mapped June 16, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2024 | 2,012 | |
| June 16, 2024 | 14,621 | +12,609 |
| June 17, 2024 | 15,589 | +968 |
| June 18, 2024 | 15,548 | -41 |
| June 19, 2024 | 15,593 | +45 |
| June 20, 2024 | 15,585 | -8 |
| June 21, 2024 | 15,564 | -21 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lebec, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lebec, CA3 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Frazier Park, CA4 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Pine Mountain Club, CA16 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Stallion Springs, CA24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Castaic, CA26 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Piru, CA27 miles south 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 August 14, 2024 at 9:43 AM PDT. Identifier 2024-CALAC-205253.