Ridge Fire
The Ridge Fire was reported on July 20, 2024 in Lake County, California and burned 2,756 acres. It was fully contained on July 27, 2024.
- Size
- 2,756 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2024
- Personnel
- 25
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped July 29, 2024 at 10:07 AM PDT, 2,755 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 39.023, -122.454.
The incident
- Size
- 2,756 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2024 at 4:27 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 27, 2024 at 6:54 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 2, 2024 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Walker Ridge Rd/ Hwy 20, Community of Bear Valley
- County
- Lake County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 25
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,622,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CALNU-013725
- IRWIN identifier
- 5570D890-86D2-465A-B2AA-0F622DDB1DC9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Clearlake, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Clearlake, CA10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lower Lake, CA11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Clearlake Oaks, CA12 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Clear Lake Riviera, CA15 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Hidden Valley Lake, CA16 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Soda Bay, CA18 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 December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM PST. Identifier 2024-CALNU-013725.