Mile Post Fire
The Mile Post Fire was reported on July 8, 2026 in Humboldt County, California and burned 104 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 104 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2026
- Personnel
- 134
Map
Perimeter mapped July 9, 2026 at 1:53 PM PDT, 104 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 41.117, -123.689.
The incident
- Size
- 104 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2026 at 1:30 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5 Miles N from Hoopa, CA
- County
- Humboldt County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Hoopa
- Protecting agency
- TRIBE
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 134
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CAHVT-000582
- IRWIN identifier
- B8C67D59-042A-4430-A63F-9C2641A17575
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 9, 2026 (87 acres) to August 22, 2026 (104 acres). The largest one-day growth was 17 acres, mapped July 11, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 9, 2026 | 87 | |
| July 10, 2026 | 87 | 0 |
| July 11, 2026 | 104 | +17 |
| August 22, 2026 | 104 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Willow Creek, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Willow Creek, CA13 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Westhaven-Moonstone, CA22 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Blue Lake, CA22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- McKinleyville, CA24 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Arcata, CA27 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bayside, CA27 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 July 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-CAHVT-000582.