1. Timeline

2. Fire growth and containment progress

3. See also

4. References

5. External links

The Delta Fire was a wildfire that burned near Lakehead, California, in the Shasta National Forest. The fire burned {{convert|63,311|acre|km2|0}}^[1] and destroyed 20 structures, before it was 100% contained on October 7. The fire burned into the western flank of the nearby Hirz Fire on September 10, and also burned only a couple of miles away from the enormous Carr Fire, the sixth-most destructive fire in Californian history.

Timeline

The Delta Fire ignited on September 5, 2018, at 6:32 a.m. PDT, 2 miles north of Lakehead, California. The fire rapidly grew in size, crossing over Interstate 5 between Lakehead, California, and Castella, California, which forced the interstate to be shut down from September 5 to September 10. On September 10, the fire merged with the nearby Hirz Fire to the east, and by September 11, the fire was only a few miles away from burning into the already-contained Carr Fire to the southwest.^[2] On September 12, the Delta Fire reached {{convert|57,253|acre|km2|0}} and was only 17% contained. On September 13, the northern flank of the fire flared up again and shut down Interstate 5 again for six hours during the afternoon. During the next few days, the Delta Fire continued to grow in size, albeit at a slow rate, while firefighters continued making progress on containing the wildfire, with the fire reaching {{convert|60,277|acres|km2}} and 76% containment by September 17.^[3] On September 18, firefighters had contained most of the Delta Fire's northern flank, while flames on the fire's southwestern flank continued to spread, nearly reaching the Carr Fire's burn area.^[4] Late on September 19, the Delta Fire had grown to {{convert|60,592|acres|km2}}, while containment increased to 88%, with the southwestern flank of the wildfire being the only active portion of the fire.^[1] On September 24, the Delta Fire had grown to {{convert|60,751|acres|km2}}, while containment increased to 98%.^[1] On September 25, a spot fire broke out in Bear Gulch, outside of the southwestern perimeter of the Delta Fire, which quickly reached {{convert|1,000|acres|km2}} by the next morning.^[5] On September 27, a second, smaller spot fire had broken out to the south of the larger spot fire, situated south of Damnation Creek, which was estimated at {{convert|14|acres|km2}}.^[6] The first spot fire continued to spread uncontained, while the main body of the Delta Fire was contained; by September 29, the first spot fire had exceeded {{convert|2,376|acres|km2}} in size, increasing the total burn area of the Delta Fire to {{convert|63,093|acres|km2}}, and dropping the overall containment of the Delta Fire to 97%. The spot fires were at 0% containment.^[7][1] On September 30, the Delta Fire expanded to {{convert|63,293|acres|km2}}, with containment remaining at 97%.^[8] The fire did not experience any further growths for the next several days, while containment generally remained at 97% up until October 5.^[9] Afterward, the Delta Fire experienced another small growth, increasing to {{convert|63,311|acres|km2}}. On October 7, the Delta Fire was fully contained, without any further increases in size.^[10]

The fire was determined to be man-made, although the exact cause remains unclear.^[11]

Fire growth and containment progress

See also

• 2018 California wildfires
  • Carr Fire
  • Hirz Fire

References

External links

• [https://krcrtv.com/news/shasta-county/delta-fire-tuesday-september-11-remains-5-percent-contained-53311-acres-burned Record Searchlight Delta Fire Updates]
• ArcGIS Delta Fire Activity Map
• [https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6191/ InciWeb Delta Fire Map]
• [https://calema.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=33c284a58166427bab05a115414930ed Cal OES Delta Fire Live Map]

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