Haypress Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6654/haypress-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 21, 2008
Contained October 3, 2008, after 104 days
Burned 13,665 acres
27th largest fire of 2008
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 13,663 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 10,254 acres in total 608 acres shared
  2. 1918 Unnamed fire 29,730 acres in total 6,640 acres shared
  3. 1926 Unnamed fire 352 acres in total 14 acres shared
  4. 1929 Unnamed fire 936 acres in total 547 acres shared
  5. 1945 Black Mtn. Fire Cause: Lightning 110 acres shared
  6. 1945 Bear Fire 80 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 76 acres shared
  7. 1949 Cedar Flat Fire 60 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 44 acres shared
  8. 1955 Black Mtn Fire Cause: Lightning 23 acres shared
  9. 1956 Dead Horse Fire Cause: Lightning 117 acres shared
  10. 1962 Bridge Creek 2 Fire Cause: Lightning 99 acres shared
  11. 1973 Off Fire 8,414 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 398 acres shared
  12. 1988 Medicine Fire Cause: Lightning 14 acres shared
  13. 2005 Wooley Fire 3,224 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 63 acres shared
  14. 2006 Hancock Fire 21,866 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 13 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2016 Wilderness Fire 47 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 46 acres shared
  2. 2017 Haypress Fire 21,318 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7,778 acres shared
  3. 2021 Mccash Fire 94,971 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,737 acres shared
  4. 2023 Let Er-Buck Fire 96 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 95 acres shared
  5. 2023 Hancock Fire 1,728 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1 acre shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Haypress 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