Jack #1 Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, July 1994

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4792/jack-1-fire-1994

Key facts

Started July 21, 1994
Contained August 10, 1994, after 20 days
Burned 28,207 acres
4th largest fire of 1994
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 28,207 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. 1917 Unnamed fire 3,869 acres in total 3,649 acres shared
  2. 1932 Unnamed fire 1,106 acres in total 177 acres shared
  3. 1951 Pony Peak Fire 4,883 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 501 acres shared
  4. 1956 Serpentine Fire Cause: Lightning 1,552 acres shared
  5. 1972 Bluff Fire Cause: Lightning 315 acres shared
  6. 1974 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 59 acres shared
  7. 1982 Vann Fire Cause: Debris burning 131 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2008 Headwater Fire Cause: Lightning 358 acres shared
  2. 2008 Jackass Fire Cause: Lightning 248 acres shared
  3. 2008 Mill Fire 65,882 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 13,000 acres shared
  4. 2008 Three Fire 4,923 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 624 acres shared
  5. 2008 Dark Fire 10,390 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8,949 acres shared
  6. 2009 Harrington Fire Cause: Lightning 142 acres shared
  7. 2016 Dillon Fire Cause: Lightning 15 acres shared
  8. 2017 Oak Fire 91,125 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6,676 acres shared
  9. 2023 Mosquito Fire 34,188 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 256 acres shared
  10. 2023 Elliot Fire 13,875 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 17 acres shared
  11. 2025 Dillon Fire 11,929 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6,485 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Jack #1 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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