Cooley Fire

No longer in current feed

Mendocino County, California · Discovered October 17, 2026

1,365 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
-
Personnel

Source: CAL FIRE · Last upstream update 10 days ago · Official incident page

Current situation

Cooley Fire

Inactive
Air quality · Good
AQI 14

The Cooley Fire fire has burned 1,365 acres in Mendocino County, California. It is no longer in the current official feed, so the figures on this page reflect the last data reported. Crews have fully contained the fire. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 14).

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Cooley Fire size over time

25 official size readings

Grew from 40 to 1,365 acres across these reports.

Acreage as reported by the official incident feed, recorded by Fire Nearby each time it changes. Hover or tap the chart for each reading.

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Incident timeline

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Fire reported 100% contained

    10 days ago · November 1, 2026
  2. Containment rose to 100%

    10 days ago · November 1, 2026
  3. Containment rose to 95%

    16 days ago · October 26, 2026
  4. Containment rose to 86%

    18 days ago · October 24, 2026
  5. Containment rose to 80%

    19 days ago · October 23, 2026
  6. Containment rose to 74%

    20 days ago · October 22, 2026
  7. Containment rose to 67%

    21 days ago · October 21, 2026
  8. Containment rose to 57%

    21 days ago · October 20, 2026
  9. Containment rose to 45%

    22 days ago · October 20, 2026
  10. Grew 209 acres in 21 hours to 1,365 acres

    22 days ago · October 19, 2026
  11. Containment rose to 23%

    22 days ago · October 19, 2026
  12. Grew 119 acres in 4 hours to 1,156 acres

    23 days ago · October 18, 2026
  13. Containment rose to 15%

    23 days ago · October 18, 2026
  14. Grew 305 acres in 19 hours to 1,037 acres

    23 days ago · October 18, 2026
  15. Grew 174 acres in 5 hours to 731 acres

    24 days ago · October 18, 2026
  16. Containment dropped to 5% (from 100%)

    24 days ago · October 17, 2026
  17. Mapped size revised down to 558 acres (from 1,000)

    24 days ago · October 17, 2026
  18. Grew 960 acres in 16 hours to 1,000 acres

    24 days ago · October 17, 2026
  19. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 40 acres

    25 days ago · October 17, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
11/1/2026, 12:39:43 AM1,365 acres100%
10/29/2026, 11:51:17 PM1,365 acres98%
10/26/2026, 12:16:58 AM1,365 acres95%
10/24/2026, 11:25:01 PM1,365 acres90%
10/24/2026, 12:00:51 AM1,365 acres86%
10/23/2026, 12:19:36 AM1,365 acres80%
10/22/2026, 12:31:55 AM1,365 acres74%
10/21/2026, 2:14:10 PM1,365 acres71%
10/21/2026, 12:37:52 AM1,365 acres67%
10/20/2026, 2:02:35 PM1,365 acres57%
10/20/2026, 12:21:16 AM1,365 acres45%
10/19/2026, 10:04:34 PM1,365 acres23%
10/19/2026, 9:18:00 PM1,365 acres23%
10/19/2026, 1:59:47 PM1,156 acres23%
10/18/2026, 11:49:48 PM1,156 acres15%
10/18/2026, 10:04:48 PM1,037 acres15%
10/18/2026, 8:19:48 PM1,037 acres5%
10/18/2026, 7:39:48 PM1,037 acres5%
10/18/2026, 12:12:57 AM731 acres5%
10/17/2026, 8:17:56 PM558 acres5%

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

Fire Nearby aggregates official incident data and shows exactly when each value was last updated. For evacuation decisions, always follow instructions from local emergency officials and check county emergency management channels.