MP18 Fire
The MP18 Fire was reported on August 7, 2026 in Humboldt County, California and burned 7,599 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 7,599 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2026
- Personnel
- 299
Radar
Reflectivity now over MP18 Fire. Open it to see fires and the fire weather outlook on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped August 13, 2026 at 12:35 AM PDT, 7,599 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.133, -123.685.
The incident
- Size
- 7,599 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 2 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
- 299
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $61,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CAHVT-000753
- IRWIN identifier
- 3BF54E17-87D6-40E1-B913-81B97515E1D5
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 8, 2026 (323 acres) to September 8, 2026 (7,599 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,322 acres, mapped August 17, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 8, 2026 | 323 | |
| August 9, 2026 | 1,335 | +1,012 |
| August 10, 2026 | 1,568 | +233 |
| August 11, 2026 | 2,803 | +1,235 |
| August 12, 2026 | 3,623 | +820 |
| August 13, 2026 | 4,607 | +984 |
| August 15, 2026 | 5,649 | +1,042 |
| August 17, 2026 | 6,971 | +1,322 |
| August 18, 2026 | 7,108 | +137 |
| August 19, 2026 | 7,445 | +337 |
| August 20, 2026 | 7,610 | +165 |
| August 21, 2026 | 7,603 | -7 |
| August 22, 2026 | 7,608 | +5 |
| August 30, 2026 | 7,601 | -7 |
| September 8, 2026 | 7,599 | -2 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 3 mph from the northwest
- Relative humidity as low as 36%
- 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 have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.9 µg/m³ around Mon, 12:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Willow Creek, CA14 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Westhaven-Moonstone, CA23 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Blue Lake, CA23 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- McKinleyville, CA25 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Arcata, CA28 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bayside, CA28 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2026 All current fires
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 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-CAHVT-000753.