Bogus Escape Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, September 1957

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1638/bogus-escape-fire-1957

Key facts

Started September 24, 1957
Contained Not recorded
Burned 10,738 acres
5th largest fire of 1957
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 10,738 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. 1926 Unnamed fire 24,008 acres in total 6,253 acres shared
  2. 1935 Unnamed fire 1,649 acres in total 156 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1959 Deer Creek Fire 71 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 28 acres shared
  2. 2001 Copco Fire 5 acres shared
  3. 2011 Copco Fire 12 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8 acres shared
  4. 2014 Oregon Gulch Fire 35,111 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,144 acres shared
  5. 2015 Copco Fire Cause: Lightning 14 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Bogus Escape 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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