Cooley Fire, California
The Cooley Fire burned in Mendocino County, California, about 4 miles (6 km) south of Yorkville, California. NASA began tracking it on October 16, 2026. Its latest size is 1,365 acres (552 hectares, 6 km²), about 9 percent the size of Manhattan, or about 1,034 American football fields. NASA stopped tracking it after October 16.
Containment and crews
According to the national interagency fire record, it is 95 percent contained, with 63 firefighters and support staff assigned.
Its cause has not been determined yet.
Fire behavior reported: minimal.
The orange outline on the map is the fire’s mapped perimeter.
Seen from space
True color from the VIIRS instrument on the NOAA-20 satellite. Red dots are fires detected by their heat; smoke shows as gray-brown haze. The ring marks where the event was reported. Pictures: NASA Worldview (GIBS) from the daily satellite passes; clouds can hide the ground on some days.
Did you know?
After the fire, floods. Burned slopes shed rain almost like pavement, so a storm over a fresh burn scar can set off flash floods and debris flows for years afterward.
Fire size and location from NASA EONET and the National Interagency Fire Center’s incident records (IRWIN, WFIGS). For evacuations and closures, follow local officials and InciWeb.
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