Bake-Oven Fire

Wildfire in Trinity and Siskiyou counties, July 2006

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6347/bake-oven-fire-2006

Key facts

Started July 23, 2006
Contained November 30, 2006, after 130 days
Burned 65,050 acres
2nd largest fire of 2006 and 93rd largest in California's records
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Trinity County 63,281 acres
  2. Siskiyou County 1,764 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. 1932 Unnamed fire 139 acres shared
  2. 1935 White Creek Fire 7 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6 acres shared
  3. 1945 Bake Oven Fire 15 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 14 acres shared
  4. 1951 Unnamed fire 8,289 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,238 acres shared
  5. 1975 North Fork Fire Cause: Campfire 454 acres shared
  6. 1981 Unnamed fire Cause: Smoking 70 acres shared
  7. 1987 China Fire 8,909 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8,692 acres shared
  8. 1987 Saint Claire Fire 8,833 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,745 acres shared
  9. 1987 Strause Fire 8,627 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 130 acres shared
  10. 1987 Backbone Fire 1,076 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 109 acres shared
  11. 1999 Megram Fire 125,073 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 29 acres shared
  12. 2004 Mill Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 164 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2008 Caribou Fire 13,127 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 41 acres shared
  2. 2008 Carey Fire 3,714 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12 acres shared
  3. 2014 Rays Fire Cause: Lightning 21 acres shared
  4. 2015 Happy Fire 68,095 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,026 acres shared
  5. 2019 Jakes Fire Cause: Lightning 9 acres shared
  6. 2020 Red Salmon Complex 143,836 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 10,080 acres shared
  7. 2021 River Complex 199,354 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 22,695 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Bake-Oven 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