Lake Fire
The Lake Fire was reported on August 27, 2025 in Modoc County, California and burned 396 acres. It was declared out on September 8, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 396 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 27, 2025
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeter mapped May 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM PDT, 396 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 41.900, -121.252.
The incident
- Size
- 396 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM PDT
- Declared out
- September 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 8 Miles NE from NEWELL, CA
- County
- Modoc County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- NEWELL, CA
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $120,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CAMDF-000940
- IRWIN identifier
- 6074044D-A8D0-42A8-8B57-311BD17DE9AE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Malin, OR covers the area today.
Nearby
- Malin, OR11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Altamont, OR33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Klamath Falls, OR35 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Alturas, CA46 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Lakeview, OR51 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- McCloud, CA64 miles southwest 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 May 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM PDT. Identifier 2025-CAMDF-000940.