Chute Fire

Yuba County, California · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Aug 27, 2026 (6 days ago)
First reported about 7 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
162 acres
Sep 2, 3:00 AM
−1 acres
was 163 acres · Jul 30, 9:00 AM
Containment
97%
Sep 2, 3:00 AM
+1 percent
was 96% · Aug 20, 9:01 PM
Crew size
4
Sep 2, 3:00 AM
−16
was 20 · Aug 13, 7:01 PM
Money spent
$23.0M
Sep 2, 3:00 AM
+$2.3M
was $20.7M · Aug 6, 8:00 PM

Chute Fire and other nearby fires

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Chute Fire summary

The Chute Fire is a wildfire near Yuba County, California. It has burned about 162 acres (about 123 football fields). Crews have boxed in 97% of its edge; the other 3% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 7 weeks ago. About 4 people are on it, run by a Type 3 IC. We're also tracking 1 other active fire within about 75 miles.

Size
162 acres
Containment
97%
Discovered
July 13, 2026 (first reported about 7 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, September 2nd at 3:00 a.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

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.

Overnight

49°F · Partly Cloudy

Wind 3 mph ESE · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Wednesday

72°F · Mostly Sunny

Wind 2 to 8 mph S · 7% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Wednesday Night

52°F · Partly Cloudy then Chance Light Rain

Wind 1 to 7 mph S · 40% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain

Thursday

66°F · Light Rain

Wind 6 mph S · 78% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Thursday Night

51°F · Light Rain

Wind 1 to 6 mph SSE · 78% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, September 2nd at 3:01 a.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 4 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 3 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $23 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

Where to get live updates

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Nearby fires to Chute Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 1 other active fire, closest first:

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