Ten Bald Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, August 1987

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4188/ten-bald-fire-1987

Key facts

Started August 30, 1987
Contained October 15, 1987, after 46 days
Burned 18,355 acres
10th largest fire of 1987
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 18,355 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. 1942 Ten Mile Fire 95 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 94 acres shared
  2. 1946 Ten Mile Fire Cause: Lightning 29 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1994 Bear Fire 2,034 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 535 acres shared
  2. 2006 Clear Fire Cause: Lightning 23 acres shared
  3. 2008 Nomans Fire 119 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 96 acres shared
  4. 2015 Fivemile Fire Cause: Lightning 62 acres shared
  5. 2017 Oak Fire 91,125 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 13,362 acres shared
  6. 2018 Natchez Fire 38,118 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 530 acres shared
  7. 2020 Slater Fire 157,430 acres in total 293 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Ten Bald 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