Merced County, California · Wildfire
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The Turlock Fire is a wildfire near Merced County, California. It's a brand-new fire, first reported today.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 25th at 3:00 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
93°F · Sunny
Wind 15 mph NW · 0% chance of rain
Tonight
61°F · Clear
Wind 5 to 15 mph NW · 0% chance of rain
Sunday
93°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph NW · 0% chance of rain
Sunday Night
59°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 5 to 15 mph NW · 0% chance of rain
Monday
92°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph NW · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 25th at 3:05 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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