Biscar Fire (California)
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Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 40 Miles NE from SUSANVILLE, CA
- Personnel
- 41
- Complexity
- Type 1 Incident
- Fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Smoldering, Uphill Runs
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Burning through Lassen County, California, near Ravendale and 40 miles northeast of Susanville, the Biscar Fire has completed a 22-day campaign that consumed 69,352 acres of federal land managed by the BLM. Across its trajectory, the incident expanded at an approximate average daily growth of 3,152 acres, fueled primarily by two-foot brush. Currently, the fire is fully contained at 100 percent, with crews reporting minimal, smoldering, and uphill runs as current fire behavior.
Operations for this Type 1 Incident involved 41 personnel operating under Type 4 IC management, accumulating a total suppression cost of $10,000,000. The fire began on July 18, 2026, and despite its substantial size, it reached full containment while burning within the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October.
Nationwide, the Biscar Fire contributes to a broader landscape where 2,702,782 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 51% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in California for 22 days. In total it burned about 69,352 acres — around 281 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,169,257 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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