Hancock Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, July 2006

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6359/hancock-fire-2006

Key facts

Started July 24, 2006
Contained November 13, 2006, after 112 days
Burned 21,866 acres
8th largest fire of 2006
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 21,862 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 4,005 acres in total 2,690 acres shared
  2. 1918 Unnamed fire 10,234 acres in total 7,003 acres shared
  3. 1918 Unnamed fire 29,730 acres in total 5,114 acres shared
  4. 1920 Unnamed fire 593 acres in total 427 acres shared
  5. 1920 Unnamed fire 419 acres in total 151 acres shared
  6. 1926 Unnamed fire 188 acres shared
  7. 1939 Hancock Fire Cause: Lightning 14 acres shared
  8. 1972 Hell Fire 11 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 10 acres shared
  9. 1987 Yellow Fire 51,060 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 16,789 acres shared
  10. 1999 Stein Fire 826 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 550 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2008 Jake Fire 38,417 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 180 acres shared
  2. 2008 Haypress Fire 13,665 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 13 acres shared
  3. 2008 Merrill Fire 8,339 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3 acres shared
  4. 2017 Haypress Fire 21,318 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1 acre shared
  5. 2017 Wallow Fire 63,785 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,885 acres shared
  6. 2021 Mccash Fire 94,971 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7,746 acres shared
  7. 2023 Hancock Fire Cause: Lightning 1,724 acres shared
  8. 2025 Log Fire 1,170 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,095 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Hancock 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