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Riverside County, California

Temescal Canyon Rd Ofrp / Temescal Canyon Rd Fire

Burning 1.7 miles north-west of Temescal Valley and 4.7 miles south-east of El Cerrito, since Wednesday 9 September.

Map of California. The Temescal Canyon Rd Ofrp / Temescal Canyon Rd Fire burns 399 miles from Sacramento, and 399 miles from the state capital, Sacramento.
The fire sits 399 miles from Sacramento.

0

acres burned so far

35

days burning so far

—

no share of the perimeter reported held yet

The picture as of 9:09am today

The Temescal Canyon Rd Ofrp / Temescal Canyon Rd Fire is burning. The last heat was seen 6 hours ago.

Shaded relief map of the Temescal Canyon Rd Ofrp / Temescal Canyon Rd 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.

4readings

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

2.3miles

is how close the heat has come to Temescal Valley at any point in the record. In the last day the nearest heat has been 2.5 miles from it, and the closest this fire has come to El Cerrito is 3.9 miles, 4.0 in the last day.

1.6miles

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

Another fire is burning inside the same view. Temescal Canyon Rd / Dos Lagos Dr Fire started on Wednesday 26 August, 2.4 miles north-west, and has reached 0 acres. Its heat is counted against it, not against this fire, and the pale ring on the map marks where it is recorded.

Smoke has been recorded lying over this ground seven times so far. The thickest of it was moderate between 1:10pm and 4:30pm local time. The last of those windows closed 161 hours ago, so what is overhead now is not known.

One place is burning

1.4 miles north-east of the recorded point

4 readings of heat in the last day — all of the heat seen in that time.

Conditions measured 1.6 miles from the fire: 80°F, air at 20% humidity, a 26 mph wind out of the north-east.

How it got here

29 days of record on a day-37 fire

The record here begins at 2:39am on 9 Sep and runs to 3:04am on 15 Oct — 864 hours, 87 readings of heat. The fire is on day 37, so the first 8 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 Temescal Canyon Rd Ofrp / Temescal Canyon Rd Fire across the whole record, with a time bar along the bottom showing energy released and the local date.
The whole record, 291 frames at 3 hours a frame. The bar along the bottom is energy released; the moving line is the clock.

Day by day 29 days of record

  1. Map for Wed 9 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed9 Sep

    First readings

    • 1 heat readings
    • Heat from 2:39am to 2:39am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  2. Map for Thu 10 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu10 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 2.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:20am to 3:41am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  3. Map for Fri 11 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri11 Sep

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:45am to 3:21am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  4. Map for Sat 12 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat12 Sep

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:26am to 3:21am
    • Spread 1.4 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  5. Map for Sun 13 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun13 Sep

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:07am to 3:04am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  6. Map for Mon 14 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon14 Sep

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:48am to 2:43am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  7. Map for Wed 16 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed16 Sep

    Cooling off

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 75% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:07am to 2:07am
    • Spread 1.4 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  8. Map for Fri 18 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri18 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 4 heat readings
    • Energy 4.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:13am to 3:11am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  9. Map for Sat 19 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat19 Sep

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:56am to 2:49am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  10. Map for Sun 20 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun20 Sep

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 25% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:11am to 2:32am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  11. Map for Tue 22 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue22 Sep

    Holding

    • 1 heat readings
    • Energy 33% down on the day before
    • Heat from 1:57pm to 1:57pm
    • Spread 1.4 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the afternoon
  12. Map for Wed 23 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed23 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 4 heat readings
    • Energy 2.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:20am to 3:15am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  13. Map for Thu 24 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu24 Sep

    Holding

    • 4 heat readings
    • Energy 1.2 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:02am to 1:55pm
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  14. Map for Fri 25 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri25 Sep

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 20% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:20am to 3:21am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  15. Map for Sat 26 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat26 Sep

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 50% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:00am to 3:04am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  16. Map for Sun 27 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun27 Sep

    Holding

    • 2 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:45am to 2:45am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  17. Map for Mon 28 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon28 Sep

    Flaring up

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 2.5 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:26am to 3:21am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  18. Map for Tue 29 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Tue29 Sep

    Holding

    • 4 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:07am to 3:04am
    • Spread 1.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  19. Map for Wed 30 Sep: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed30 Sep

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 40% down on the day before
    • Heat from 1:48am to 2:43am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  20. Map for Thu 1 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu1 Oct

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 1.3 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:05am to 3:11am
    • Spread 1.6 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  21. Map for Fri 2 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri2 Oct

    Holding

    • 2 heat readings
    • Energy 25% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:07am to 2:52am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  22. Map for Sat 3 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sat3 Oct

    Holding

    • 2 heat readings
    • Energy 33% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:32am to 3:28am
    • Spread 1.3 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  23. Map for Sun 4 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Sun4 Oct

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 1.5 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:13am to 3:11am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  24. Map for Mon 5 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Mon5 Oct

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:56am to 2:52am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  25. Map for Wed 7 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed7 Oct

    Holding

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 1.0 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:13am to 3:34am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  26. Map for Thu 8 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu8 Oct

    Flaring up

    • 4 heat readings
    • Energy 1.7 times the day before
    • Heat from 1:54am to 3:34am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  27. Map for Fri 9 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Fri9 Oct

    Holding

    • 5 heat readings — the most of any day
    • Energy 1.2 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:20am to 3:15am
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn
  28. Map for Wed 14 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Wed14 Oct

    The fiercest day

    • 5 heat readings
    • Energy 1.2 times the day before
    • Heat from 2:26am to 1:46pm
    • Spread 1.5 miles from the recorded point at its furthest
    • Burning through the pre-dawn and afternoon
  29. Map for Thu 15 Oct: flames mark every place that gave off heat that day.

    Thu15 Octlatest

    Today so far

    • 3 heat readings
    • Energy 43% down on the day before
    • Heat from 2:07am to 3:04am
    • Spread 1.5 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. Wednesday 9 September

    First reported

  2. Wednesday 9 September

    0 acres on record

    0 ac

No containment figure has been reported for it yet. No crew count has been published for it yet. It has grown from 0 acres when it was first written down to 0 now. Heat was still showing within the last half-day, and the record still lists this fire as active.