California wildfires

Lake Fire

ContainedLake County, California2025Wildfire

The Lake Fire was reported on August 3, 2025 in Lake County, California and burned 401 acres. It was fully contained on August 4, 2025.

Size
401 acres
Contained
100%
Discovered
August 3, 2025
Personnel
10

Map

Perimeter mapped August 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM PDT, 401 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 38.980, -122.653.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Clearlake

The incident

Size
401 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
August 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM PDT
Contained
August 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM PDT
Controlled
August 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM PDT
Cause
Undetermined
Location
1 Miles E from Clearlake, CA
County
Lake County
State
California
Nearest city reported
Clearlake
Protecting agency
CAL FIRE
Land ownership at origin
Private
Personnel assigned
10
Incident management
Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
Primary fuel
Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
Estimated cost to date
$805,000
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2025-CALNU-014234
IRWIN identifier
7B32F62E-5E75-4045-88CB-2506C23018C0

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 3, 2025 (340 acres) to August 4, 2025 (401 acres). The largest one-day growth was 60 acres, mapped August 4, 2025.

DayAcresChange
August 3, 2025340
August 4, 2025401+61

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Clearlake, CA covers the area today.

Nearby

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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 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM PST. Identifier 2025-CALNU-014234.