Garnet Fire
The Garnet Fire was reported on August 24, 2025 in Fresno County, California and burned 59,844 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 59,844 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2025
- Personnel
- 37
Map
Perimeter mapped December 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM PST, 60,023 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 36.861, -119.043.
The incident
- Size
- 59,844 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM PDT
- Contained
- October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM PST
- Declared out
- December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM PST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 3 Miles SE from Balch Camp, CA
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Balch Camp
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 37
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $189,284,476
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CASNF-001684
- IRWIN identifier
- 68B988A1-C190-4F0C-9BEA-A658D389D167
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 25, 2025 (6,559 acres) to December 19, 2025 (60,023 acres). The largest one-day growth was 12,087 acres, mapped September 7, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 25, 2025 | 6,559 | |
| August 26, 2025 | 8,717 | +2,158 |
| August 27, 2025 | 12,378 | +3,661 |
| August 28, 2025 | 15,797 | +3,419 |
| August 29, 2025 | 17,155 | +1,358 |
| August 30, 2025 | 18,327 | +1,172 |
| August 31, 2025 | 18,748 | +421 |
| September 1, 2025 | 21,712 | +2,964 |
| September 2, 2025 | 28,845 | +7,133 |
| September 3, 2025 | 30,365 | +1,520 |
| September 4, 2025 | 32,583 | +2,218 |
| September 5, 2025 | 34,137 | +1,554 |
| September 6, 2025 | 34,532 | +395 |
| September 7, 2025 | 46,619 | +12,087 |
| September 8, 2025 | 54,925 | +8,306 |
| September 9, 2025 | 55,800 | +875 |
| September 10, 2025 | 57,004 | +1,204 |
| September 11, 2025 | 57,412 | +408 |
| September 12, 2025 | 58,270 | +858 |
| September 13, 2025 | 58,890 | +620 |
| September 14, 2025 | 59,531 | +641 |
| September 15, 2025 | 59,844 | +313 |
| September 16, 2025 | 59,844 | 0 |
| September 18, 2025 | 59,877 | +33 |
| September 20, 2025 | 59,869 | -8 |
| September 28, 2025 | 60,041 | +172 |
| September 29, 2025 | 60,023 | -18 |
| December 19, 2025 | 60,023 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Yokuts Valley, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Yokuts Valley, CA14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Orange Cove, CA22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Minkler, CA25 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Orosi, CA26 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cutler, CA27 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Auberry, CA29 miles northwest 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 July 29, 2026 at 9:28 AM PDT. Identifier 2025-CASNF-001684.