Root Fire
The Root Fire was reported on September 1, 2025 in Shasta County, California and burned 729 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 729 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2025
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeter mapped December 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM PST, 729 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.160, -122.397.
The incident
- Size
- 729 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 6 Miles SW from Dunsmuir, CA
- County
- Shasta County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,840,352
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CASHF-001036
- IRWIN identifier
- F288F554-2A4A-433D-A008-7AB6E4391A0A
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 2, 2025 (669 acres) to December 30, 2025 (729 acres). The largest one-day growth was 66 acres, mapped September 3, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2025 | 669 | |
| September 3, 2025 | 735 | +66 |
| September 4, 2025 | 739 | +4 |
| September 6, 2025 | 719 | -20 |
| September 8, 2025 | 719 | 0 |
| September 9, 2025 | 726 | +7 |
| September 10, 2025 | 729 | +3 |
| December 30, 2025 | 729 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dunsmuir, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Dunsmuir, CA7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Mount Shasta, CA11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- McCloud, CA15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Weed, CA18 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Central Valley (historical), CA33 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Shasta Lake, CA33 miles south 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 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM PST. Identifier 2025-CASHF-001036.