Chileno Fire
The Chileno Fire was reported on September 20, 2026 in Marin County, California and has burned 341 acres. It is 75 percent contained.
- Size
- 341 acres
- Contained
- 75%
- Discovered
- September 20, 2026
- Personnel
- 110
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 38.213, -122.812.
The incident
- Size
- 341 acres
- Containment
- 75%
- Discovered
- September 20, 2026 at 4:40 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 9 Miles E from TOMALES, CA
- County
- Marin County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- PETALUMA
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 110
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CAMRN-002615
- IRWIN identifier
- DF96EDA9-9B27-47FB-86D5-DFB97A879A22
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 12 mph from the west
- Relative humidity as low as 68%
- High of 70°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew light smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Mon, 1:00 PM PDT to Mon, 4:30 PM PDT).
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.5 µg/m³ around Tue, 2:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 21, 2026 at 5:25 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-CAMRN-002615.