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High significance Active 97% contained Lassen, California · Last updated · source: NASA EONET

Evacuations in effect for this event

  • Evacuation warningUS-CA-XSI-SIE-E024 — Sierra County
  • Evacuation warningUS-CA-XSI-SIE-E061 — Sierra County

Live from Cal OES · as of . Zones can change quickly — follow your local sheriff / emergency management for instructions.

A human-caused wildfire near Lassen, California has burned 16,680 acres with minimal containment, posing a direct fire threat to structures in the area.

Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.

Type
Wildfires
Official size
93,733 acres
Containment
97%
Cause
Human
Began
Status
Ongoing

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Affected area map

The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Lassen, California), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.

Interactive affected-area map

Lassen, California · ≈ 150 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.

reported perimeter · evacuation zones (dashed): warning / shelter

View the timeline — how the reported area changed

Official size & containment

Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.

  1. 93,733 acres ±0 97% contained
  2. 93,733 acres ±0 94% contained
  3. 93,733 acres ±0 94% contained
  4. 93,733 acres ±0 94% contained
  5. 93,733 acres ±0 94% contained
  6. 93,733 acres ±0 94% contained
  7. 93,733 acres ±0 94% contained
  8. 93,733 acres ±0 94% contained
Show 20 earlier observations
  1. 93,733 acres ±0 87% contained
  2. 93,733 acres ±0 87% contained
  3. 93,733 acres ±0 87% contained
  4. 93,733 acres −372 85% contained
  5. 94,105 acres +738 76% contained
  6. 93,367 acres +4,945 58% contained
  7. 88,422 acres ±0 31% contained
  8. 88,422 acres +17,665 31% contained
  9. 70,757 acres ±0 3% contained
  10. 70,757 acres +13,394 3% contained
  11. 57,363 acres ±0 3% contained
  12. 57,363 acres ±0 0% contained
  13. 57,363 acres −603 0% contained
  14. 57,966 acres +603 0% contained
  15. 57,363 acres +13,059 3% contained
  16. 44,304 acres ±0 3% contained
  17. 44,304 acres +29,304 3% contained
  18. 15,000 acres −1,680 3% contained
  19. 16,680 acres +1,680 3% contained
  20. 15,000 acres 3% contained

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