Map of California. The Timber Fire burns 163 miles from Sacramento, and 163 miles from the state capital, Sacramento. — The fire sits 163 miles from Sacramento.

25,350

acres burned so far — about 40 square miles

days burning so far

97%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 9:09am today

The Timber Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 25,350 acres in Monterey County, California. The figures below are the official record. A satellite heat map and day-by-day history appear here as soon as detections are attributed to this fire.

97% held

97% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

266people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Undetermined

The cause has not yet been determined.

67 days

on record — first written down on Saturday 8 August at 8:35pm local time, starting at 0 acres.

Type 3 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

36.216, -121.718lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 4.0 miles from the fire: 77°F, air at 21% humidity, a 1 mph wind out of the south.

Smoke has been recorded lying over this ground six times so far. The thickest of it was thin between 1:10pm and 4:30pm local time. The last of those windows closed 17 hours ago, so what is overhead now is not known.

No satellite heat has been attributed to this fire yet — either it is too new for a pass to have caught it, or it is too small to register from orbit. Everything above is from the interagency incident record and updates as that record does.

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.

Saturday 8 August

First reported
Sunday 23 August

12,115 acres on record — 25% contained, 1368 personnel assigned
12,115 ac · 25% held · 1368 crew
Monday 24 August

Grew to 12,915 acres — containment 26%, 1417 personnel
12,915 ac · 26% held · 1417 crew
Tuesday 25 August

Grew to 16,368 acres — containment 27%, 1788 personnel
16,368 ac · 27% held · 1788 crew
Wednesday 26 August

Grew to 18,994 acres — containment 21%, 1228 personnel
18,994 ac · 21% held · 1228 crew
Thursday 27 August

Grew to 23,343 acres
23,343 ac · 21% held · 1228 crew
Saturday 29 August

Grew to 24,839 acres — 2192 personnel
24,839 ac · 21% held · 2192 crew
Sunday 30 August

Grew to 24,970 acres — 2334 personnel
24,970 ac · 21% held · 2334 crew
Monday 31 August

Grew to 25,190 acres — containment 22%, 2016 personnel
25,190 ac · 22% held · 2016 crew
Tuesday 1 September

Grew to 25,223 acres — 1321 personnel
25,223 ac · 22% held · 1321 crew
Wednesday 2 September

Grew to 25,226 acres — containment 23%, 1310 personnel
25,226 ac · 23% held · 1310 crew
Thursday 3 September

Grew to 25,346 acres — 1348 personnel
25,346 ac · 23% held · 1348 crew
Saturday 5 September

Grew to 25,357 acres — containment 27%, 1227 personnel
25,357 ac · 27% held · 1227 crew
Monday 7 September

Grew to 25,380 acres — 1567 personnel
25,380 ac · 27% held · 1567 crew
Saturday 12 September

Grew to 25,426 acres — containment 39%, 1348 personnel
25,426 ac · 39% held · 1348 crew
Tuesday 15 September

Containment 44% — 1208 personnel
25,426 ac · 44% held · 1208 crew
Wednesday 16 September

Grew to 25,435 acres — 1151 personnel
25,435 ac · 44% held · 1151 crew
Thursday 17 September

Containment 59% — 1038 personnel
25,435 ac · 59% held · 1038 crew
Monday 21 September

Grew to 25,436 acres — 682 personnel
25,436 ac · 59% held · 682 crew
Tuesday 22 September

Grew to 25,437 acres — 704 personnel
25,437 ac · 59% held · 704 crew
Wednesday 23 September

Grew to 25,443 acres — 679 personnel
25,443 ac · 59% held · 679 crew
Thursday 24 September

Grew to 25,513 acres — 920 personnel
25,513 ac · 59% held · 920 crew
Friday 25 September

Revised to 25,341 acres — 907 personnel
25,341 ac · 59% held · 907 crew
Saturday 26 September

Grew to 25,346 acres — containment 71%, 915 personnel
25,346 ac · 71% held · 915 crew
Sunday 27 September

Grew to 25,349 acres — containment 77%, 903 personnel
25,349 ac · 77% held · 903 crew
Monday 28 September

Containment 88% — 913 personnel
25,349 ac · 88% held · 913 crew
Thursday 1 October

Grew to 25,350 acres — 816 personnel
25,350 ac · 88% held · 816 crew
Monday 5 October

Containment 90% — 592 personnel
25,350 ac · 90% held · 592 crew
Wednesday 7 October

Containment 94% — 426 personnel
25,350 ac · 94% held · 426 crew
Friday 9 October

Containment 97% — 266 personnel
25,350 ac · 97% held · 266 crew