MP18 Fire

No longer in current feed

Humboldt County, California · Discovered August 7, 2026

7,599 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
299
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 55 days ago · Official incident page

Current situation

MP18 Fire

Inactive
Air quality · Good
AQI 34

The MP18 Fire fire has burned 7,599 acres in Humboldt 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 34). 299 personnel are assigned to the incident.

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MP18 Fire size over time

22 official size readings

Grew from 1,563 to 7,599 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

    55 days ago · September 17, 2026
  2. Containment rose to 98%

    64 days ago · September 8, 2026
  3. New perimeter mapped at 7,601 acres (national perimeter feed)

    64 days ago · September 8, 2026
  4. Containment rose to 91%

    78 days ago · August 25, 2026
  5. Containment rose to 71%

    82 days ago · August 21, 2026
  6. Grew 288 acres in 24 hours to 7,582 acres

    82 days ago · August 21, 2026
  7. Containment rose to 44%

    83 days ago · August 20, 2026
  8. Grew 147 acres in 24 hours to 7,294 acres

    83 days ago · August 20, 2026
  9. Containment rose to 26%

    84 days ago · August 19, 2026
  10. Grew 233 acres in 24 hours to 7,147 acres

    84 days ago · August 19, 2026
  11. Grew 637 acres in 8 hours to 6,914 acres

    85 days ago · August 18, 2026
  12. Containment rose to 19%

    85 days ago · August 17, 2026
  13. Grew 628 acres in 40 hours to 6,277 acres

    85 days ago · August 17, 2026
  14. Containment rose to 14%

    87 days ago · August 16, 2026
  15. Grew 1,044 acres in 47 hours to 5,649 acres

    87 days ago · August 16, 2026
  16. Containment dropped to 5% (from 10%)

    89 days ago · August 14, 2026
  17. Grew 992 acres in 24 hours to 4,605 acres

    89 days ago · August 14, 2026
  18. Grew 1,506 acres in 25 hours to 3,613 acres

    90 days ago · August 13, 2026
  19. Grew 544 acres in 11 hours to 2,107 acres

    91 days ago · August 12, 2026
  20. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 1,563 acres

    91 days ago · August 11, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
9/17/2026, 12:41:43 AM7,599 acres100%
9/9/2026, 1:01:27 AM7,599 acres98%
9/8/2026, 12:56:11 AM7,601 acres98%
8/31/2026, 12:46:44 AM7,601 acres95%
8/29/2026, 12:34:08 AM7,601 acres94%
8/28/2026, 12:45:13 AM7,601 acres93%
8/27/2026, 12:34:24 AM7,601 acres92%
8/25/2026, 12:44:07 AM7,601 acres91%
8/21/2026, 10:46:44 PM7,610 acres74%
8/21/2026, 1:18:53 AM7,582 acres71%
8/21/2026, 1:13:53 AM7,294 acres44%
8/21/2026, 1:08:53 AM7,582 acres71%
8/20/2026, 1:09:17 AM7,294 acres44%
8/19/2026, 12:45:22 AM7,147 acres26%
8/18/2026, 12:54:15 AM6,914 acres19%
8/17/2026, 4:26:42 PM6,277 acres19%
8/16/2026, 12:16:32 AM5,649 acres14%
8/15/2026, 1:03:57 AM4,655 acres5%
8/14/2026, 1:08:08 AM4,605 acres5%
8/13/2026, 1:32:03 AM3,613 acres6%

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.