Dutch Creek Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, September 1955

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1456/dutch-creek-fire-1955

Key facts

Started September 4, 1955
Contained Not recorded
Burned 17,922 acres
5th largest fire of 1955
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 17,921 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1924 West Fork Fire 6,308 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 452 acres shared
  2. 1925 Brown Cabin Fire 17 acres in total · Cause: Arson 16 acres shared
  3. 1935 Smith Mine Fire Cause: Arson 14 acres shared
  4. 1939 Mile Post 15 Fire Cause: Arson 11 acres shared
  5. 1939 Quigley Fire Cause: Smoking 75 acres shared
  6. 1945 Buckhorn Gulch Fire Cause: Lightning 14 acres shared
  7. 1946 Unnamed fire 37 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 36 acres shared
  8. 1946 Dutch Creek Fire Cause: Smoking 53 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2014 Beaver Fire 32,493 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 15,483 acres shared
  2. 2022 Mckinney Fire 60,102 acres in total 2,218 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Dutch Creek Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

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