Jake Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6658/jake-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 21, 2008
Contained October 3, 2008, after 104 days
Burned 38,417 acres
6th largest fire of 2008
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 38,417 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 1,232 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 1,279 acres in total 1,143 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 341 acres shared
  4. 1918 Unnamed fire 10,234 acres in total 2,153 acres shared
  5. 1918 Unnamed fire 1,270 acres shared
  6. 1918 Unnamed fire 887 acres shared
  7. 1920 Unnamed fire 593 acres in total 151 acres shared
  8. 1924 Unnamed fire 676 acres in total 667 acres shared
  9. 1939 Logan Gulch Fire 1,201 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,139 acres shared
  10. 1945 Unnamed fire 259 acres shared
  11. 1945 Portuguese Peak Fire Cause: Lightning 281 acres shared
  12. 1969 Little North Fork Fire Cause: Equipment use 198 acres shared
  13. 1977 Hog Fire 58,365 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12,881 acres shared
  14. 1987 Yellow Fire 51,060 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 25,082 acres shared
  15. 1994 Specimen Fire 8,378 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 75 acres shared
  16. 2002 Forks Fire 1,388 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 1,354 acres shared
  17. 2006 Uncle Fire 3,833 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 152 acres shared
  18. 2006 Hancock Fire 21,866 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 180 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2017 Wallow Fire 63,785 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 9,961 acres shared
  2. 2025 Butler Fire 21,058 acres in total 2,212 acres shared

And 10 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Jake 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