California · Active · 25,350 acres
Timber Fire, California
25,350
Acres reported
88%
Contained
+1
Acres since yesterday
Last updated · refreshed every 15 minutes from the NIFC WFIGS feed · awareness only — follow local authorities
Update ·
As of Oct 2, 2026, 11:15 UTC, the Timber Fire is listed as active at 25,350 acres, 88% contained, in Monterey County, California.
Since Oct 1, 2026, 11:15 UTC: +1 acres, containment unchanged.
The most recent mapped perimeter (Oct 1, 2026, 12:08 UTC) covers 25,350 acres; the mapped perimeter has been updated 60 times since the fire began.
No satellite heat detections matched to this incident in the last 24 hours (last one Oct 1, 2026, 10:11 UTC).
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Timber Fire map
The most recent mapped perimeter (solid) and the previous day's perimeter (dashed), with the reported point of origin.
Latest perimeter Previous perimeter · Perimeters come from the WFIGS interagency perimeter service and are usually mapped once a day; the mapped area can differ from the reported acreage.
Key facts
- Size
- 25,350 acres
- Containment
- 88%
- Status
- Active
- Discovered
- Aug 9, 2026
- Location
- Monterey County, California
- Origin point
- 36.2159, -121.7175
- Peak reported size
- 25,513 acres
- Perimeter mapped
- Oct 1, 2026 (23 hours ago)
- Satellite heat, 24 h
- none matched
Nearest towns
Distances are from the reported point of origin, not from the fire’s edge (see the perimeter map for the current extent).
- Carmel Valley Village, CA
- Gonzales, CA
- Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
- Soledad, CA
- Del Rey Oaks, CA
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Timber Fire timeline
Day by day: the largest size and containment reported each UTC day, from our 15-minute archive of the federal feed (first seen Aug 9, 2026, 04:45 UTC).
| Day (UTC) | Reported size | Change | Contained |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 25,350 acres | +1 | 88% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 25,349 acres | 0 | 88% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 25,349 acres | 0 | 88% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 25,349 acres | 0 | 88% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 25,349 acres | +3 | 88% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 25,346 acres | −167 | 71% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 25,513 acres | 0 | 59% |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 25,513 acres | +70 | 59% |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 25,443 acres | +6 | 59% |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 25,437 acres | +1 | 59% |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 25,436 acres | +1 | 59% |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 25,435 acres | 0 | 59% |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 25,435 acres | 0 | 59% |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 25,435 acres | 0 | 59% |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 25,435 acres | 0 | 59% |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 25,435 acres | +9 | 59% |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 25,426 acres | 0 | 44% |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 25,426 acres | 0 | 44% |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 25,426 acres | 0 | 39% |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 25,426 acres | 0 | 39% |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 25,426 acres | +46 | 39% |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 25,380 acres | 0 | 27% |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 25,380 acres | 0 | 27% |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 25,380 acres | +23 | 27% |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 25,357 acres | 0 | 27% |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 25,357 acres | +11 | 27% |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 25,346 acres | 0 | 23% |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 25,346 acres | +120 | 23% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 25,226 acres | +12,311 | 23% |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 12,915 acres | +800 | 26% |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 12,115 acres | +3,450 | 25% |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 8,665 acres | +1,996 | 29% |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 6,669 acres | +614 | 29% |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 6,055 acres | +429 | 29% |
| Aug 20, 2026 | 5,626 acres | +357 | 27% |
| Aug 19, 2026 | 5,269 acres | +80 | 24% |
| Aug 18, 2026 | 5,189 acres | +86 | 21% |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 5,103 acres | +234 | 17% |
| Aug 16, 2026 | 4,869 acres | +324 | — |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 4,545 acres | +100 | — |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 4,445 acres | +401 | — |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 4,044 acres | +270 | — |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 3,774 acres | +1,296 | — |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 2,478 acres | +1,678 | — |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 800 acres | +424 | — |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 376 acres | — | — |
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Timber Fire questions, answered from the data
How big is the Timber Fire?
As of Oct 2, 2026, 11:15 UTC, the Timber Fire is reported at 25,350 acres (peak reported size 25,513 acres). Since Oct 1, 2026, 11:15 UTC: +1 acres, containment unchanged.
Is the Timber Fire contained?
Not fully. It was 88% contained as of Oct 2, 2026, 11:15 UTC. Containment is the share of the fire's edge that has a control line; it is reported by the incident team and can lag the ground situation.
Where is the Timber Fire?
The reported point of origin is at 36.2159, -121.7175 in Monterey County, California. Nearest towns: Carmel Valley Village (20 mi N), Gonzales (25 mi NE), Carmel-by-the-Sea (26 mi NW). The map on this page shows the most recent mapped perimeter.
Is the Timber Fire still burning?
The federal feed still lists it as active as of Oct 2, 2026, 11:15 UTC; no satellite heat detections were matched to it in the last 24 hours.
What is the timeline of the Timber Fire?
The Timber Fire was first listed in the federal feed Aug 9, 2026, 04:45 UTC (reported discovery date Aug 9, 2026). As of Oct 2, 2026, 11:15 UTC it is still listed at 25,350 acres, 88% contained. The timeline table on this page shows the size and containment reported each UTC day across 46 days of archive.
Where do I find evacuation orders for the Timber Fire?
From the county sheriff and local emergency management, not from this site. Check the official California sources on our California page and your county’s alert system. FireRiskHere is for awareness only.
How current is this page?
The numbers come from the National Interagency Fire Center's WFIGS incident feed and the WFIGS perimeter service, refreshed every 15 minutes, plus NASA FIRMS satellite detections hourly. This page was last updated Oct 2, 2026, 11:15 UTC. Acreage and containment are what the incident team reports and can lag by hours.
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This page is generated automatically for every wildfire whose reported size reaches 1,000 acres, from FireRiskHere’s archive of the National Interagency Fire Center’s WFIGS incident feed (captured every 15 minutes), the WFIGS interagency perimeter service, and NASA FIRMS satellite detections. It stays online after the fire is contained as a record of the incident. Nothing here is an official notice — for evacuation orders and road closures follow your county sheriff and local emergency management. How the site works →