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Los Angeles County, California

Lac-301637 Fire

Burning 1.3 miles south-east of Carson and 3.3 miles east of West Carson, since Monday 24 August.

Map of California. The Lac-301637 Fire burns 374 miles from Sacramento, and 374 miles from the state capital, Sacramento.
The fire sits 374 miles from Sacramento.

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acreage not yet reported

51

days burning so far

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no share of the perimeter reported held yet

The picture as of 9:09am today

The Lac-301637 Fire is burning. The last heat was seen 6 hours ago.

Shaded relief map of the Lac-301637 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 Where another fire is recorded

6hours

since anything was last seen giving off heat — about 3:05am on Thursday, local time.

3readings

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

1.3miles

is how close the heat has come to Carson at any point in the record. In the last day the nearest heat has been 1.5 miles from it, and the closest this fire has come to West Carson is 2.7 miles, 2.7 in the last day.

0.9miles

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

24 other fires are burning inside the same view. Lac-297151 Fire started on Friday 21 August, 3.1 miles north-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-299374 Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 0.5 miles east, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-299553 Fire started on Saturday 22 August, 1.2 miles west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-299989 Fire started on Sunday 23 August, 1.2 miles west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-302672 Fire started 1095 minutes after this one, 3.5 miles south-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-302955 Fire started 1416 minutes after this one, 3.5 miles north, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-313459 Fire started on Tuesday 1 September, 3.5 miles north-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-313781 Fire started on Wednesday 2 September, 3.6 miles north-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-323711 Fire started on Wednesday 9 September, 1.8 miles north-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-325978 Fire started on Thursday 10 September, 3.3 miles south-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-331884 Fire started on Monday 14 September, 4.0 miles north-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-332316 Fire started on Tuesday 15 September, 1.9 miles north-east, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-334023 Fire started on Wednesday 16 September, 2.4 miles north-east, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-338556 Fire started on Sunday 20 September, 1.7 miles north-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-339943 Fire started on Monday 21 September, 3.3 miles south-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-345615 Fire started on Friday 25 September, 3.1 miles west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-345628 Fire started on Friday 25 September, 2.9 miles west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-345864 Fire started on Friday 25 September, 2.9 miles west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-349232 Fire started on Monday 28 September, 0.1 miles east, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-353875 Fire started on Thursday 1 October, 3.7 miles north-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-357580 Fire started on Sunday 4 October, 4.5 miles north-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-359549 Fire started on Monday 5 October, 2.2 miles north-east, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-360168 Fire started on Tuesday 6 October, 3.3 miles south-west, and has reached an unrecorded size. Lac-360333 Fire started on Tuesday 6 October, 2.2 miles north-east, and has reached an unrecorded size. Their heat is counted against them, not against this fire, and the pale rings on the map mark where they are recorded.

Smoke has been recorded lying over this ground ten times so far. The thickest of it was moderate between 1:10pm and 4:30pm local time. The last of those windows closed 23 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 17.0 miles from the fire: 72°F, air at 23% humidity, a 3 mph wind out of the north-east.

How it got here

34 days of record on a day-53 fire

The record here begins at 2:39am on 24 Aug and runs to 3:04am on 15 Oct — 1248 hours, 74 readings of heat. The fire is on day 53, so the first 19 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 Lac-301637 Fire across the whole record, with a time bar along the bottom showing energy released and the local date.
The whole record, 419 frames at 3 hours a frame. The bar along the bottom is energy released; the moving line is the clock.

Day by day 34 days of record

  1. Map for Mon 24 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon24 Aug

    First readings

    • 1 heat readings
    • Heat from 2:39am to 2:39am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  2. Map for Tue 25 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue25 Aug

    Flaring up

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 2.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:20am to 3:41am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  3. Map for Wed 26 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed26 Aug

    Holding

    • 4 heat readings
    • Energy 1.5 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:00am to 3:21am
    • Spread 0.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  4. Map for Fri 28 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri28 Aug

    Holding

    • 2 heat readings
    • Energy 33% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:43am to 3:04am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  5. Map for Sat 29 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat29 Aug

    Holding

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 50% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:43am to 2:43am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  6. Map for Mon 31 Aug: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon31 Aug

    Flaring up

    • 4 heat readings
    • Energy 3.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:05am to 3:28am
    • Spread 0.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  7. Map for Tue 1 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue1 Sep

    Holding

    • 2 heat readings
    • Energy 17% down on the day before
    • Heat from 1:48am to 2:32am
    • Spread 0.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  8. Map for Wed 2 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed2 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 60% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:13am to 2:13am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  9. Map for Thu 3 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu3 Sep

    Holding

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:56am to 1:56am
    • Spread 0.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  10. Map for Fri 4 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri4 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 4 heat readings
    • Energy 3.5 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:11am to 3:15am
    • Spread 0.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  11. Map for Tue 8 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue8 Sep

    Holding

    • 6 heat readings — the most of any day
    • Energy 1.1 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:02am to 2:58am
    • Spread 0.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  12. Map for Wed 9 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed9 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 88% down on the day before
    • Heat from 3:21am to 3:21am
    • Spread 0.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  13. Map for Thu 10 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu10 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 4 heat readings
    • Energy 7.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:00am to 3:41am
    • Spread 0.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  14. Map for Fri 11 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri11 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 86% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:45am to 2:45am
    • Spread 0.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  15. Map for Mon 14 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon14 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 2.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:26am to 2:26am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  16. Map for Fri 18 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri18 Sep

    Holding

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:13am to 2:13am
    • Spread 0.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  17. Map for Sat 19 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat19 Sep

    Holding

    • 2 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:56am to 2:52am
    • Spread 0.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  18. Map for Sun 20 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun20 Sep

    Holding

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 50% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:11am to 2:11am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  19. Map for Tue 22 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue22 Sep

    The fiercest day

    • 5 heat readings
    • Energy 9.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:54am to 2:39am
    • Spread 0.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  20. Map for Wed 23 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed23 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 78% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:56am to 2:56am
    • Spread 0.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  21. Map for Thu 24 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu24 Sep

    Holding

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:02am to 2:02am
    • Spread 0.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  22. Map for Fri 25 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri25 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 2.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:39am to 3:21am
    • Spread 0.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  23. Map for Sat 26 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat26 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 75% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:20am to 2:20am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  24. Map for Mon 28 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon28 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 2.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 3:04am to 3:04am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  25. Map for Tue 29 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue29 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 3.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:07am to 3:04am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  26. Map for Wed 30 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed30 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 83% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:43am to 2:43am
    • Spread 0.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  27. Map for Fri 2 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri2 Oct

    Flaring up

    • 2 heat readings
    • Energy 3.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:07am to 2:07am
    • Spread 0.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  28. Map for Sat 3 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat3 Oct

    Holding

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 33% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:32am to 2:32am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  29. Map for Sun 4 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun4 Oct

    Holding

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:13am to 2:13am
    • Spread 0.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  30. Map for Mon 5 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon5 Oct

    Flaring up

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 3.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:56am to 2:52am
    • Spread 0.9 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  31. Map for Wed 7 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed7 Oct

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 17% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:13am to 3:34am
    • Spread 0.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  32. Map for Fri 9 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri9 Oct

    Holding

    • 2 heat readings
    • Energy 40% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:20am to 3:15am
    • Spread 0.7 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  33. Map for Wed 14 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed14 Oct

    Flaring up

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 1.7 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:26am to 3:21am
    • Spread 0.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  34. Map for Thu 15 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu15 Octlatest

    Today so far

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 20% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:07am to 3:04am
    • Spread 0.8 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn

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. Monday 24 August

    First reported

No containment figure has been reported for it yet. No crew count has been published for it yet. Heat was still showing within the last half-day, and the record still lists this fire as active.