Lucas Fire
The Lucas Fire was reported on September 10, 2026 in Lake County, California and has burned 1,099 acres.
- Size
- 1,099 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 10, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped September 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM PDT, 4 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.233, -123.003.
The incident
- Size
- 1,099 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 10, 2026 at 9:18 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Lake County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CAMEU-010693
- IRWIN identifier
- 06749CFD-DE8B-4CFA-8C11-075F7D8AB353
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 6 mph from the west
- Relative humidity as low as 34%
- High of 80°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 2 µg/m³ around Tue, 7:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Upper Lake, CA7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Redwood Valley, CA11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Talmage, CA11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Nice, CA11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- North Lakeport, CA11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ukiah, CA12 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 September 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-CAMEU-010693.