Shoe Fire
The Shoe Fire was reported on October 9, 2024 in Shasta County, California and burned 5,124 acres. It was fully contained on November 15, 2024. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,124 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 9, 2024
- Personnel
- 118
Map
Perimeter mapped October 27, 2024 at 12:23 AM PDT, 5,124 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 40.921, -122.232.
The incident
- Size
- 5,124 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 9, 2024 at 1:18 PM PDT
- Contained
- November 15, 2024 at 4:13 PM PST
- Controlled
- November 15, 2024 at 4:15 PM PST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 12 miles SW of Big Bend, CA in Sulanharas Creek Drainage
- County
- Shasta County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Big Bend, CA
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 118
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $42,654,106
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CASHF-000996
- IRWIN identifier
- 4271D7E5-3765-4D9A-A492-205DE510D51F
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from October 9, 2024 (0 acres) to October 27, 2024 (5,124 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,304 acres, mapped October 11, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 9, 2024 | 0 | |
| October 10, 2024 | 1 | +1 |
| October 11, 2024 | 2,304 | +2,303 |
| October 13, 2024 | 2,995 | +691 |
| October 14, 2024 | 3,559 | +564 |
| October 15, 2024 | 3,761 | +202 |
| October 16, 2024 | 4,130 | +369 |
| October 17, 2024 | 4,175 | +45 |
| October 18, 2024 | 4,278 | +103 |
| October 19, 2024 | 4,611 | +333 |
| October 20, 2024 | 4,912 | +301 |
| October 21, 2024 | 5,121 | +209 |
| October 22, 2024 | 5,127 | +6 |
| October 23, 2024 | 5,124 | -3 |
| October 24, 2024 | 5,125 | +1 |
| October 25, 2024 | 5,129 | +4 |
| October 26, 2024 | 5,129 | 0 |
| October 27, 2024 | 5,124 | -5 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mountain Gate, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mountain Gate, CA15 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Central Valley (historical), CA18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Shasta Lake, CA18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bella Vista, CA19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Dunsmuir, CA20 miles north of the fire’s origin
- McCloud, CA24 miles north 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 June 5, 2026 at 9:05 AM PDT. Identifier 2024-CASHF-000996.