Gold Complex 2024

Started: Jul 24 3,007 acre 98% contained Wildfire
Near Portola · Plumas County, California
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Gold Complex has burned 3,007 acres, burning 4 miles west of Portola.

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The Gold Complex was discovered July 22 after lightning passed through the area and is made up of two fires - Mill and Smith.

The Mill Fire was three separate fires that burned together east of Whitehawk and south of Gold Mountain.

The Smith Fire is north of Highway 70 near south of Smith Peak.

These fires were managed by California Complex Interagency Incident Management Team 10 under a full-suppression strategy from Wednesday, July 24 through Tuesday, August 7.  A local Type 3 Team officially took command of the fire at 0600 on Wednesday, August 7.

108 Days Active
4 mi W From Portola from the fire location
3,007 Acres 58% the size of JFK Airport 3.6x the size of Central Park
98%
Contained +0% since previous report

Gold Complex Live Perimeter Growth

Gold Complex Fire Growth History
Gold Complex Containment History

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🔥 Loma Fire 2026
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Started: Aug 11 16 acre 100% contained
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Started: Aug 11 125 acre
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🔥 Hawk Fire 2026
Started: Aug 10 45 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Smith Fire 2026
Started: Aug 09 18 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Ruby Fire 2026
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Started: Aug 9 130 acre
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🔥 Woods Fire 2026
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🔥 Bug Fire Complex Member 2026
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🔥 Flat Fire 2026
Started: Aug 08 20 acre 98% contained
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🔥 Hunter Fire 2026
Started: Aug 8 7 acre
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Started: Aug 5 2 acre
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Started: Aug 4 0 acre
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🔥 Manton Fire 2026
Started: Aug 04 41 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Gann Fire 2026
Started: Aug 04 10,339 acre 100% contained
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Started: Aug 2 77 acre
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Started: Jul 26 18 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Hurleton Fire 2026
Started: Jul 26 13 acre 100% contained
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Started: Jul 22 11 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Mooney Fire 2026
Started: Jul 22 25 acre 100% contained
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Started: Jul 21 13 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Miners Fire 2026
Started: Jul 19 95 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Sizzle Fire 2026
Started: Jul 19 0 acre
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🔥 Biscar Fire 2026
Started: Jul 18 69,355 acre 98% contained
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Started: Jul 17 7 acre
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Started: Jul 17 19 acre
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Started: Jul 17 7 acre
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Started: Jul 17 147 acre
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Started: Jul 16 205 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Kearney Fire 2026
Started: Jul 14 41 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Little Fire 2026
Started: Jul 13 82 acre
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🔥 Chute Fire 2026
Started: Jul 13 163 acre 95% contained
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🔥 Loomis Fire 2026
Started: Jul 12 656 acre 99% contained
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🔥 Mystic Fire 2026
Started: Jul 11 1 acre
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Started: Jul 11 95 acre 25% contained
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Started: Jul 08 10 acre
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Started: Jun 27 20 acre 100% contained
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Started: Jun 26 31 acre 100% contained
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Started: Jun 25 27 acre 100% contained
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Started: Jun 25 17 acre 100% contained
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Started: Jun 22 0 acre
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Started: Apr 07 28 acre 100% contained
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Started: Feb 11 0 acre
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Started: Feb 06 11 acre 75% contained
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Started: Jan 26 0 acre
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🔥 Beaver Fire 2025
Started: Dec 04 15 acre
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Started: Nov 2 372 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Bummer Fire 2025
Started: Oct 29 294 acre 98% contained
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Started: Oct 28 71 acre
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Started: Oct 07 12 acre
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Started: Sep 29 30 acre 95% contained
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🔥 Uphill Fire 2025
Started: Sep 22 22 acre 85% contained
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🔥 Lake Fire 2025
Started: Sep 08 20 acre
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🔥 16-4 Fire 2025
Started: Sep 03 10 acre
Near Auburn · Yuba County, California
🔥 Cedar Fire 2025
Started: Sep 2 2 acre
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🔥 Granite Fire 2025
Started: Sep 02 18 acre 100% contained
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🔥 5-4 Fire Complex Member 2025
Started: Sep 2 0 acre 100% contained
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🔥 Porter Fire 2025
Started: Sep 02 10 acre
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🔥 Forebay Fire 2025
Started: Sep 02 36 acre 100% contained
Near Chico · Butte County, California
🔥 4-1 Fire 2025
Started: Sep 02 7 acre 100% contained
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Started: Sep 02 10 acre
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🔥 1-3 Fire Complex Member 2025
Started: Sep 2 95 acre 100% contained
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🔥 2-7 Fire Complex Member 2025
Started: Sep 02 500 acre 0% contained
Near Ceres · Calaveras County, California
🔥 1-2 Fire 2025
Started: Sep 02 15 acre
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🔥 Brown Fire 2025
Started: Sep 02 60 acre 98% contained
Near Auburn · Sacramento County, California
🔥 Rock Fire 2025
Started: Sep 02 143 acre 100% contained
Near Auburn · Sacramento County, California
🔥 Sierra Fire 2025
Started: Sep 02 44 acre
Near Auburn · Placer County, California
🔥 Michigan Fire 2025
Started: Sep 02 33 acre 100% contained
Near Auburn · Amador County, California
🔥 Copper Fire 2025
Started: Sep 02 10 acre 75% contained
Near Auburn · Amador County, California
🔥 Root Fire 2025
Started: Sep 1 729 acre 100% contained
Near Shingle Springs · El Dorado County, California
🔥 Valley Fire 2025
Started: Sep 01 16 acre 95% contained
Near Auburn · El Dorado County, California
🔥 Springs Fire 2025
Started: Sep 01 32 acre 90% contained
Near Anderson · Tehama County, California
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Started: Sep 01 50 acre 50% contained
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Started: Aug 29 14 acre 100% contained
Near Truckee · Lassen County, California
🔥 4-5 Fire 2025
Started: Aug 27 31 acre
Near Alturas · Modoc County, California
🔥 3-27 Fire 2025
Started: Aug 26 24 acre 75% contained
Near Burney · Lassen County, California
🔥 Grade Fire 2025
Started: Aug 26 10 acre 100% contained
Near Burney · Siskiyou County, California
🔥 6-3 Fire 2025
Started: Aug 26 10 acre 100% contained
Near Chico · Butte County, California
🔥 6-2 Fire 2025
Started: Aug 26 951 acre
Near Chico · Butte County, California
🔥 H-10 Fire 2025
Started: Aug 26 10 acre
Near Burney · Shasta County, California
🔥 3-22 Muck Fire 2025
Started: Aug 25 39 acre 90% contained
Near Burney · Lassen County, California
🔥 R-10 Fire 2025
Started: Aug 25 100 acre 100% contained
Near Susanville · Lassen County, California
🔥 R-3 Fire 2025
Started: Aug 24 500 acre 100% contained
Near Susanville · Lassen County, California
🔥 S-4 Fire 2025
Started: Aug 24 27 acre
Near Cedarville, California · Washoe County, Nevada
🔥 Tanabe Fire 2025
Started: Aug 23 40 acre 90% contained
Near Auburn · Yuba County, California
🔥 Coyote Fire 2025
Started: Aug 20 624 acre 98% contained
Near Auburn · El Dorado County, California
🔥 Rancho 2025
Started: Aug 15 1,482 acre 100% contained
Near Truckee, California · Washoe County, Nevada
🔥 Jackson Fire 2025
Started: Aug 15 1 acre
Near Graeagle · Plumas County, California
🔥 Ponderosa Fire 2025
Started: Aug 11 87 acre
Near Challenge-Brownsville · Yuba County, California
🔥 Clark Fire 2025
Started: Aug 11 50 acre
Near Fall River Mills · Lassen County, California
🔥 Tiger Fire 2025
Started: Aug 9 117 acre
Near Buckhorn · Amador County, California
🔥 Claypit Fire 2025
Started: Aug 5 130 acre
Near Ione · Amador County, California
🔥 Ridge Fire 2025
Started: Aug 4 4 acre
Near Cold Springs · Washoe County, Nevada
🔥 Peavine Fire 2025
Started: Aug 3 119 acre
Near Cold Springs · Washoe County, Nevada
🔥 1-4 Fire 2025
Started: Aug 1 259 acre
Near Susanville · Lassen County, California
🔥 Howards 2025
Started: Jul 31 100 acre 45% contained
Near Alturas · Modoc County, California
🔥 Chickadee Fire 2025
Started: Jul 26 32 acre
Near Sun Valley · Washoe County, Nevada
🔥 Gold Fire 2025
Started: Jul 21 1,226 acre 100% contained
Near South Lake Tahoe, California · Washoe County, Nevada
🔥 Stardust Fire 2025
Started: Jul 12 12 acre
Near Lincoln · Placer County, California
🔥 Kingvale Fire 2025
Started: Jul 8 8 acre
Near Shingle Springs · El Dorado County, California
🔥 Grove Fire 2025
Started: Jul 4 78 acre
Near Bangor · Butte County, California
🔥 District Fire 2025
Started: Jul 4 42 acre
Near Palermo · Butte County, California
🔥 Ravine Fire 2025
Started: Jul 3 34 acre
Near Beale Air Force Base · Nevada County, California
🔥 Marysville Fire 2025
Started: Jun 29 19 acre
Near Dobbins · Yuba County, California
🔥 Dustin Fire 2025
Started: Jun 28 0 acre
Near Palermo · Butte County, California
🔥 Shalom Fire 2025
Started: Jun 28 5 acre
Near Mountain Ranch · Calaveras County, California
🔥 Connor Fire 2025
Started: Jun 21 13,900 acre
Near Fish Springs · Douglas County, Nevada
🔥 Conner Fire 2025
Started: Jun 20 17,714 acre 100% contained
Near Gardnerville Ranchos · Douglas County, Nevada
🔥 Serendipity Fire 2025
Started: Jun 20 2 acre
Near Dobbins · Nevada County, California
🔥 Bonanza Fire 2025
Started: Jun 17 62 acre
Near Shingle Springs · El Dorado County, California
🔥 American 2 Fire 2025
Started: Jun 9 2 acre 100% contained
Near Downieville · Plumas County, California
🔥 Poverty Fire 2025
Started: Jun 9 1 acre 100% contained
Near Downieville · Sierra County, California
🔥 Byers Fire 2025
Started: Jun 4 106 acre
Near Janesville · Lassen County, California
🔥 Douglass Fire 2025
Started: May 20 38 acre
Near Rancho Cordova · Sacramento County, California
🔥 Tuledad Fire 2024
Started: Oct 7 564 acre 60% contained
Near Johnstonville · Lassen County, California
🔥 Peak Fire 2024
Started: Oct 2 316 acre 100% contained
Near South Lake Tahoe · Tuolumne County, California
🔥 Davis Fire 2024
Started: Sep 8 5,824 acre 100% contained
Near Incline Village · Washoe County, Nevada
🔥 Bear Fire, Tahoe National Forest 2024
Started: Sep 3 3,323 acre 100% contained
Near Verdi, Nevada · Sierra County, California
🔥 Hunters 2024
Started: Aug 22 5 acre 0% contained
Near Alturas · Modoc County, California
🔥 Crozier Fire 2024
Started: Aug 10 1,938 acre 91% contained
Near Camino · El Dorado County, California
🔥 Canyon Fire 2024
Started: Aug 10 80 acre 100% contained
Near Forest Meadows · Calaveras County, California
🔥 Park Fire 2024
Started: Jul 25 429,603 acre 100% contained
Near Chico · Butte County, California
🔥 Stockade Canyon Fire 2024
Started: Jul 25 18,212 acre 80% contained
Washoe County, Nevada
🔥 Halls 2024
Started: Jul 16 12 acre 90% contained
Near Alturas · Modoc County, California
🔥 Royal Fire, Tahoe National Forest 2024
Started: Jul 8 215 acre 100% contained
Near Truckee · Placer County, California
🔥 North Fire 2024
Started: Jul 8 4,685 acre 100% contained
Near Alturas · Modoc County, California
🔥 HTNF 2024 Initial Attack 2023
Started: Jul 17
Near Sparks · Washoe County, Nevada

Places Near Gold Complex

Delleker, California, United States Portola, California, United States Graeagle, California, United States Loyalton, California, United States East Quincy, California, United States Downieville, California, United States Quincy, California, United States Janesville, California, United States Doyle, California, United States Patton Village, California, United States Greenville, California, United States Johnstonville, California, United States Cold Springs, Nevada, United States Susanville, California, United States Truckee, California, United States Verdi, Nevada, United States Alta, California, United States Mogul, Nevada, United States Hamilton Branch, California, United States Lemmon Valley, Nevada, United States Nevada City, California, United States Golden Valley, Nevada, United States Carnelian Bay, California, United States Tahoe Vista, California, United States Sunnyside-Tahoe City, California, United States Dollar Point, California, United States Kings Beach, California, United States Reno, Nevada, United States Sun Valley, Nevada, United States Grass Valley, California, United States Dobbins, California, United States Challenge-Brownsville, California, United States Incline Village, Nevada, United States Colfax, California, United States Chester, California, United States Sparks, Nevada, United States Rough and Ready, California, United States Spanish Springs, Nevada, United States Foresthill, California, United States Alta Sierra, California, United States