Motion Fire

Wildfire in Shasta County, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6613/motion-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 20, 2008
Contained Not recorded
Burned 28,330 acres
15th largest fire of 2008
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Shasta County 28,322 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. 1962 East Fork Fire 5,162 acres in total 186 acres shared
  2. 1999 Spring #5 Fire Cause: Lightning 871 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2018 Carr Fire 229,651 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 21,041 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Motion 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