Horse Fire
The Horse Fire was reported on July 2, 2025 in Shasta County, California and burned 385 acres. It was declared out on September 1, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 385 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 2, 2025
- Personnel
- 128
Map
Perimeter mapped September 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM PDT, 430 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 40.872, -122.552.
The incident
- Size
- 385 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 9 Miles SW from Lakehead, CA
- County
- Shasta County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 128
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Medium Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CASHF-000575
- IRWIN identifier
- 9394A632-15E3-4D83-B956-D66A2BBAD9BE
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 3, 2025 (275 acres) to September 3, 2025 (430 acres). The largest one-day growth was 88 acres, mapped July 4, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 3, 2025 | 275 | |
| July 4, 2025 | 363 | +88 |
| July 5, 2025 | 384 | +21 |
| July 6, 2025 | 430 | +46 |
| September 3, 2025 | 430 | 0 |
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, CA16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Central Valley (historical), CA16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Shasta Lake, CA16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Lewiston, CA18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Shasta, CA19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Redding, CA21 miles southeast 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 September 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM PDT. Identifier 2025-CASHF-000575.