Awatchfire

Mariposa County, California

Dome Fire

Burning 1.9 miles north-east of Wawona and 6.1 miles north of Fish Camp, since Tuesday 15 September.

Map of California. The Dome Fire burns 122 miles from Sacramento, and 122 miles from the state capital, Sacramento.
The fire sits 122 miles from Sacramento.

6,788

acres burned so far — about 11 square miles

30

days burning so far

95%

of the perimeter held

The picture as of 9:09am today

The Dome Fire is still listed as active, and has not been looked at lately. Nothing has given off fresh heat for 187 hours.

No fresh look at this fire for 187 hours. Everything on the map below was seen before then.

Shaded relief map of the Dome Fire. Amber flames mark every place that gave off heat in the last day; the shading is the shape of the ground.
Heat in the last day Higher ground pale, valleys dark

187hours

since anything was last seen giving off heat — about 2:20pm on Wednesday, local time.

0readings

of heat in the last day. There is not yet an earlier stretch of record to compare that against.

1.9miles

is how close the heat has come to Wawona at any point in the record. In the last day the nearest heat has been None miles from it, and the closest this fire has come to Fish Camp is 6.0 miles, None in the last day.

3.1miles

is the furthest any heat has been seen from the point on the official record — the width of the ground involved so far.

Smoke has been recorded lying over this ground seven times so far. The thickest of it was moderate between 1:00pm and 4:30pm local time. The last of those windows closed 185 hours ago, so what is overhead now is not known.

Where the heat is

No cluster large enough to call a separate front. The heat is in one piece.

Conditions measured 2.7 miles from the fire: 43°F, air at 55% humidity, a 1 mph wind out of the north-east.

How it got here

22 days of record on a day-31 fire

The record here begins at 1:25pm on 15 Sep and runs to 2:18pm on 7 Oct — 529 hours, 1,343 readings of heat. The fire is on day 31, so the first 9 days are missing: nothing showed up from above until the fire was large enough and the sky over it clear enough for it to be seen.

Animated map of the Dome Fire across the whole record, with a time bar along the bottom showing energy released and the local date.
The whole record, 179 frames at 3 hours a frame. The bar along the bottom is energy released; the moving line is the clock.

Day by day 22 days of record

  1. Map for Tue 15 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue15 Sep

    First readings

    • 21 heat readings
    • Heat from 1:25pm to 8:51pm
    • Spread 2.0 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the afternoon and evening
  2. Map for Wed 16 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed16 Sep

    The fiercest day

    • 243 heat readings
    • Energy 4.4 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:05am to 9:32pm
    • Spread 2.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and night
  3. Map for Thu 17 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu17 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 275 heat readings — the most of any day
    • Energy 68% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:32am to 8:32pm
    • Spread 2.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and evening
  4. Map for Fri 18 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri18 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 190 heat readings
    • Energy 61% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:11am to 9:12pm
    • Spread 2.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and night
  5. Map for Sat 19 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat19 Sep

    Holding

    • 166 heat readings
    • Energy 1.1 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:54am to 9:49pm
    • Spread 2.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and night
  6. Map for Sun 20 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun20 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 66 heat readings
    • Energy 88% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:11am to 12:55pm
    • Spread 2.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  7. Map for Mon 21 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon21 Sep

    Holding

    • 39 heat readings
    • Energy 33% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:56am to 9:29pm
    • Spread 2.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and night
  8. Map for Tue 22 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue22 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 65 heat readings
    • Energy 4.8 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:54am to 8:30pm
    • Spread 2.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and evening
  9. Map for Wed 23 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed23 Sep

    Holding

    • 44 heat readings
    • Energy 26% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:20am to 9:08pm
    • Spread 2.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and night
  10. Map for Thu 24 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu24 Sep

    Holding

    • 53 heat readings
    • Energy 9% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:00am to 4:01pm
    • Spread 2.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning and afternoon
  11. Map for Fri 25 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri25 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 30 heat readings
    • Energy 81% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:17am to 8:49pm
    • Spread 2.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, afternoon and evening
  12. Map for Sat 26 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat26 Sep

    Holding

    • 22 heat readings
    • Energy 23% down on the day before
    • Heat from 1:58am to 9:29pm
    • Spread 2.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, afternoon and night
  13. Map for Sun 27 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun27 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 21 heat readings
    • Energy 52% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:00am to 3:41am
    • Spread 2.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  14. Map for Mon 28 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon28 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 92% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:26am to 2:26am
    • Spread 2.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  15. Map for Tue 29 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue29 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 14 heat readings
    • Energy 49.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:05am to 3:57pm
    • Spread 2.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  16. Map for Wed 30 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed30 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 20 heat readings
    • Energy 1.5 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:48am to 8:47pm
    • Spread 3.1 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and evening
  17. Map for Thu 1 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu1 Oct

    Flaring up

    • 28 heat readings
    • Energy 1.7 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:07am to 9:27pm
    • Spread 3.0 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn, morning, afternoon and night
  18. Map for Fri 2 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri2 Oct

    Cooling off

    • 15 heat readings
    • Energy 61% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:05am to 2:12pm
    • Spread 3.0 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  19. Map for Sat 3 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat3 Oct

    Holding

    • 21 heat readings
    • Energy 1.1 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:32am to 4:48pm
    • Spread 2.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  20. Map for Sun 4 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun4 Oct

    Cooling off

    • 5 heat readings
    • Energy 93% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:11am to 3:11am
    • Spread 2.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  21. Map for Mon 5 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon5 Oct

    Holding

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 1.3 times the day before
    • Heat from 4:26pm to 4:26pm
    • Spread 2.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the afternoon
  22. Map for Wed 7 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed7 Octlatest

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 71% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:18pm to 2:18pm
    • Spread 2.2 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the afternoon

How the record has moved

Each step is a change on the interagency incident record — acreage, containment or crews — with the date it was reported. No satellite reading is involved.

  1. Tuesday 15 September

    First reported

  2. Tuesday 15 September

    0 acres on record

    0 ac

  3. Wednesday 16 September

    Grew to 100 acres — containment 0%

    100 ac · 0% held

  4. Wednesday 16 September

    Grew to 1,177 acres

    1,177 ac · 0% held

  5. Thursday 17 September

    Containment 10%

    1,177 ac · 10% held

  6. Friday 18 September

    Revised to 0 acres

    0 ac · 10% held

  7. Friday 18 September

    Grew to 2,186 acres — containment 15%, 497 personnel

    2,186 ac · 15% held · 497 crew

  8. Saturday 19 September

    Grew to 2,384 acres — 525 personnel

    2,384 ac · 15% held · 525 crew

  9. Sunday 20 September

    Grew to 3,047 acres — 581 personnel

    3,047 ac · 15% held · 581 crew

  10. Monday 21 September

    Grew to 3,420 acres — 784 personnel

    3,420 ac · 15% held · 784 crew

  11. Tuesday 22 September

    Grew to 3,683 acres — 840 personnel

    3,683 ac · 15% held · 840 crew

  12. Wednesday 23 September

    Grew to 3,989 acres — 789 personnel

    3,989 ac · 15% held · 789 crew

  13. Thursday 24 September

    Grew to 4,133 acres — containment 16%, 781 personnel

    4,133 ac · 16% held · 781 crew

  14. Friday 25 September

    Grew to 4,361 acres — containment 18%, 769 personnel

    4,361 ac · 18% held · 769 crew

  15. Saturday 26 September

    Grew to 4,606 acres — containment 30%, 775 personnel

    4,606 ac · 30% held · 775 crew

  16. Sunday 27 September

    Grew to 5,081 acres — 808 personnel

    5,081 ac · 30% held · 808 crew

  17. Monday 28 September

    Grew to 5,259 acres — containment 31%, 796 personnel

    5,259 ac · 31% held · 796 crew

  18. Tuesday 29 September

    Grew to 5,410 acres — containment 37%, 932 personnel

    5,410 ac · 37% held · 932 crew

  19. Tuesday 29 September

    Containment 39%

    5,410 ac · 39% held · 932 crew

  20. Wednesday 30 September

    Grew to 5,667 acres — containment 40%, 775 personnel

    5,667 ac · 40% held · 775 crew

  21. Thursday 1 October

    Grew to 5,855 acres — 798 personnel

    5,855 ac · 40% held · 798 crew

  22. Friday 2 October

    Grew to 6,285 acres — 765 personnel

    6,285 ac · 40% held · 765 crew

  23. Saturday 3 October

    Grew to 6,670 acres — 811 personnel

    6,670 ac · 40% held · 811 crew

  24. Monday 5 October

    Grew to 6,736 acres

    6,736 ac · 40% held · 811 crew

  25. Monday 5 October

    Grew to 6,760 acres — 915 personnel

    6,760 ac · 40% held · 915 crew

  26. Tuesday 6 October

    Grew to 6,803 acres — containment 41%, 875 personnel

    6,803 ac · 41% held · 875 crew

  27. Wednesday 7 October

    Grew to 6,815 acres — containment 55%, 916 personnel

    6,815 ac · 55% held · 916 crew

  28. Wednesday 7 October

    Containment 47%

    6,815 ac · 47% held · 916 crew

  29. Thursday 8 October

    Grew to 6,829 acres — containment 61%, 968 personnel

    6,829 ac · 61% held · 968 crew

  30. Saturday 10 October

    Revised to 6,805 acres — containment 69%, 926 personnel

    6,805 ac · 69% held · 926 crew

  31. Sunday 11 October

    Revised to 6,788 acres — containment 73%, 906 personnel

    6,788 ac · 73% held · 906 crew

  32. Monday 12 October

    Containment 86% — 746 personnel

    6,788 ac · 86% held · 746 crew

  33. Tuesday 13 October

    Containment 95% — 596 personnel

    6,788 ac · 95% held · 596 crew

95% of the perimeter is being reported as held. 596 people are assigned to it. It has grown from 0 acres when it was first written down to 6,788 now. Nothing has looked at it for 187 hours, and the record still lists it as active.