Mountain Fire
The Mountain Fire was reported on August 11, 2025 in Modoc County, California and burned 980 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 980 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2025
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeter mapped December 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM PST, 980 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 41.808, -121.334.
The incident
- Size
- 980 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 7 Miles SE from NEWELL, CA
- County
- Modoc County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- NEWELL
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $575,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CAMDF-000761
- IRWIN identifier
- BDC1258E-096F-437C-994B-69CB7868B223
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tulelake, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Tulelake, CA13 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Altamont, OR34 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Klamath Falls, OR37 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Alturas, CA46 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- McCloud, CA56 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lakeview, OR57 miles northeast 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 December 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM PST. Identifier 2025-CAMDF-000761.