Inskip Grade Fire

Wildfire in Tehama County, August 1973

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2768/inskip-grade-fire-1973

Key facts

Started August 19, 1973
Contained Not recorded
Burned 19,561 acres
3rd largest fire of 1973
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tehama County 19,561 acres

Communities

  1. Manton 1,771 acres
  2. Paynes Creek 785 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 237 acres in total 5 acres shared
  2. 1941 Supan Fire 4,951 acres in total 3,546 acres shared
  3. 1941 Hunter Fire 172 acres shared
  4. 1943 Dales\\Soap Buttes Fire 17,351 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6 acres shared
  5. 1946 Unnamed fire 1,371 acres in total 1,060 acres shared
  6. 1948 Manton Fire 8,605 acres in total 7,312 acres shared
  7. 1955 Long Fire 349 acres in total 253 acres shared
  8. 1955 Highway 36 #1 Fire 350 acres shared
  9. 1961 Soap Butte Fire 10,633 acres in total 3,909 acres shared
  10. 1961 Big Antelope Fire 46,931 acres in total 92 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1974 Battle Creek Bottom Fire 1,700 acres in total 12 acres shared
  2. 1990 Finley Fire 35,862 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 295 acres shared
  3. 1998 Powerhouse Fire 1,996 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,099 acres shared
  4. 1998 Manton #3 Fire 1,060 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 853 acres shared
  5. 2018 Lane Fire 3,417 acres in total · Cause: Arson 25 acres shared
  6. 2024 Park Fire 429,603 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,837 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Inskip Grade 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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