Hotelling Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, August 1987

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4171/hotelling-fire-1987

Key facts

Started August 30, 1987
Contained October 17, 1987, after 48 days
Burned 16,647 acres
12th largest fire of 1987
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 16,647 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. 1911 Unnamed fire 1,289 acres in total 564 acres shared
  2. 1977 Hog Fire 58,365 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 415 acres shared
  3. 1977 Hotelling Fire 13 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Red Salmon Complex 143,836 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 16,543 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Hotelling 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

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data