Sites Fire
The Sites Fire was reported on June 17, 2024 in Colusa County, California and burned 19,195 acres. It was fully contained on June 26, 2024.
- Size
- 19,195 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 17, 2024
- Personnel
- 1,103
Map
Perimeter mapped June 22, 2024 at 8:22 PM PDT, 19,195 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.309, -122.338.
The incident
- Size
- 19,195 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 17, 2024 at 1:39 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 26, 2024 at 3:05 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- West of Maxwell, Southwest of Stonyford
- County
- Colusa County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- WILLIAMS
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1,103
- Incident management
- Type 1 Team, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $23,551,398
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CALNU-011083
- IRWIN identifier
- 669F10E0-1452-4080-906E-0C53EF6D2607
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 17, 2024 (4,448 acres) to June 22, 2024 (19,195 acres). The largest one-day growth was 11,116 acres, mapped June 18, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2024 | 4,448 | |
| June 18, 2024 | 15,565 | +11,117 |
| June 19, 2024 | 19,124 | +3,559 |
| June 20, 2024 | 19,190 | +66 |
| June 22, 2024 | 19,195 | +5 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Maxwell, 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 December 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM PST. Identifier 2024-CALNU-011083.