Pigeon Fire

Wildfire in Trinity County, September 2006

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6399/pigeon-fire-2006

Key facts

Started September 2, 2006
Contained October 10, 2006, after 38 days
Burned 35,094 acres
5th largest fire of 2006
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Trinity County 35,091 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. 1930 Unnamed fire 621 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 257 acres shared
  2. 1931 Unnamed fire 1,925 acres in total 1,903 acres shared
  3. 1931 Unnamed fire 656 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 611 acres shared
  4. 1939 Unnamed fire 139 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 135 acres shared
  5. 1945 Unnamed fire 5,646 acres in total 4,229 acres shared
  6. 1949 Unnamed fire 6,151 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,136 acres shared
  7. 1985 Treloar Complex 3,786 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,565 acres shared
  8. 2004 Flat Fire 202 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 10 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2008 Buckhorn Fire 29,814 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 490 acres shared
  2. 2008 Eagle Fire 32,024 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 26 acres shared
  3. 2008 Cutthroat Fire 84 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 75 acres shared
  4. 2019 Cutthroat Fire Cause: Lightning 18 acres shared
  5. 2021 Monument Fire 223,108 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 24,324 acres shared
  6. 2025 Helena Fire Cause: Lightning 114 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Pigeon 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