Thompson Fire
The Thompson Fire was reported on July 2, 2024 in Butte County, California and burned 3,789 acres. It was fully contained on July 9, 2024.
- Size
- 3,789 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 2, 2024
- Personnel
- 289
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 7, 2024 at 8:02 PM PDT, 3,791 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.534, -121.551.
The incident
- Size
- 3,789 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 2, 2024 at 10:51 AM PDT
- Contained
- July 9, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 18, 2024 at 10:33 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- North and East of the City of Oroville
- County
- Butte County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Oroville
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 289
- Incident management
- Type 1 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $22,258,273
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CABTU-012090
- IRWIN identifier
- 81E88223-B631-460F-BCA3-DF994048F12F
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 3, 2024 (3,568 acres) to July 7, 2024 (3,791 acres). The largest one-day growth was 222 acres, mapped July 4, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 3, 2024 | 3,568 | |
| July 4, 2024 | 3,789 | +221 |
| July 5, 2024 | 3,791 | +2 |
| July 6, 2024 | 3,791 | 0 |
| July 7, 2024 | 3,791 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oroville, 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 July 30, 2024 at 6:55 PM PDT. Identifier 2024-CABTU-012090.