WILDFIRE1,099 ACRES

Lucas Fire, California

Latest size
Map: Lucas Fire, California

The Lucas Fire burned in Lake County, California, about 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Ukiah, California. NASA began tracking it on September 10, 2026. Its latest size is 1,099 acres (445 hectares, 4 km²), about 8 percent the size of Manhattan, or about 833 American football fields. NASA stopped tracking it after September 10.

Size1,099 acres
Hectares445 ha
Area4.4 km² · 1.7 mi²
CauseUndetermined
DiscoveredSep 10, 2026
Tracked sinceSep 10, 2026
Tracked for1 day
Location39.23°N 122.97°W
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Containment and crews

Its cause has not been determined yet.

The orange outline on the map is the fire’s mapped perimeter.

Seen from space

Satellite picture, When tracking began · September 10, 2026
When tracking began · September 10, 2026
Satellite picture, Latest · October 13, 2026
Latest · October 13, 2026

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?

Australia’s Black Summer. Australia’s 2019–20 bushfires burned about 24 million hectares, roughly the size of the United Kingdom.

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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