Haystack Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, September 1955

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1460/haystack-fire-1955

Key facts

Started September 4, 1955
Contained Not recorded
Burned 59,640 acres
2nd largest fire of 1955
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 59,640 acres

Community

  1. Yreka 102 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. 1900 Unnamed fire 89 acres shared
  2. 1933 Roberts Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 50 acres shared
  3. 1935 Lime Gulch Fire 12 acres in total · Cause: Arson 11 acres shared
  4. 1938 Diggles Canyon Fire 29 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 28 acres shared
  5. 1939 Cutoff Road Fire Cause: Arson 1,057 acres shared
  6. 1940 Barkhouse Fire Cause: Arson 2,309 acres shared
  7. 1943 Little Humbug Fire Cause: Lightning 35 acres shared
  8. 1945 Clear Creek Fire 43 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 42 acres shared
  9. 1946 Sweetwater #2 Fire Cause: Smoking 10 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1987 Bearcat Fire Cause: Lightning 1,932 acres shared
  2. 1999 Greenhorn Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 16 acres shared
  3. 2002 Eagle Fire 184 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 142 acres shared
  4. 2006 Humbug Fire 41 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 26 acres shared
  5. 2007 China Fire 2,939 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 437 acres shared
  6. 2010 Craggy Fire Cause: Lightning 24 acres shared
  7. 2011 Hawkinsville Fire 120 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 23 acres shared
  8. 2016 Grade Fire 710 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5 acres shared
  9. 2018 North Fire Cause: Lightning 2 acres shared
  10. 2022 Mckinney Fire 60,102 acres in total 32,993 acres shared
  11. 2022 Eliza Fire 19 acres shared

And 1 more fire that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Haystack 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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