Butler Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, July 2013

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7262/butler-fire-2013

Key facts

Started July 31, 2013
Contained October 1, 2013, after 62 days
Burned 22,445 acres
7th largest fire of 2013
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Siskiyou County 22,387 acres
  2. Humboldt County 53 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. 1910 Ullathorne Peak Fire 159 acres in total 157 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 2,042 acres in total 1,127 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 199 acres in total 32 acres shared
  4. 1918 Unnamed fire 235 acres shared
  5. 1918 Ruer Fire 100 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 43 acres shared
  6. 1919 Unnamed fire 4,818 acres in total 4,720 acres shared
  7. 1924 Unnamed fire 2,056 acres shared
  8. 1959 Mine Fire 4,504 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 235 acres shared
  9. 1969 Allen Fire 21 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 11 acres shared
  10. 1977 Hog Fire 58,365 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 20,083 acres shared
  11. 1987 Yellow Fire 51,060 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4 acres shared
  12. 1998 Unnamed fire 1,584 acres in total 961 acres shared
  13. 2006 Somes Fire 15,506 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 546 acres shared
  14. 2008 Jake Fire 38,417 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Red Salmon Complex 143,836 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 917 acres shared
  2. 2023 Pearch Fire 12,152 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 696 acres shared
  3. 2024 Boise Fire 12,913 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,486 acres shared
  4. 2025 Butler Fire 21,058 acres in total 16,434 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Butler 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