Soap Butte Fire

Wildfire in Tehama County, September 1961

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2008/soap-butte-fire-1961

Key facts

Started September 8, 1961
Contained Not recorded
Burned 10,633 acres
8th largest fire of 1961
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tehama County 10,631 acres

Community

  1. Dales 6 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. 1939 Dale Fire 236 acres shared
  2. 1941 Supan Fire 4,951 acres in total 3,625 acres shared
  3. 1941 Hunter Fire 173 acres in total 128 acres shared
  4. 1943 Dales\\Soap Buttes Fire 17,351 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,053 acres shared
  5. 1948 Manton Fire 8,605 acres in total 414 acres shared
  6. 1955 Long Fire 349 acres in total 295 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1973 Inskip Grade Fire 19,561 acres in total 3,909 acres shared
  2. 1998 Manton #3 Fire 1,060 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 651 acres shared
  3. 1999 Dehaven Fire 16,884 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,849 acres shared
  4. 2024 Park Fire 429,603 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,543 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Soap Butte 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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