Los Angeles County, California · Wildfire
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The Carter Fire is a wildfire near Los Angeles County, California. It was first reported 11 days ago.
The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, August 9th at 3:00 a.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.
Overnight
68°F · Clear
Wind 0 mph · 1% chance of rain
Sunday
101°F · Sunny
Wind 0 to 10 mph SSW · 5% chance of rain
Sunday Night
67°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 0 to 10 mph S · 5% chance of rain
Monday
96°F · Sunny
Wind 0 to 10 mph S · 5% chance of rain
Monday Night
65°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 0 to 10 mph SSW · 1% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, August 9th at 3:03 a.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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