Salmon Complex

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, July 2013

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7263/salmon-complex-2013

Key facts

Started July 31, 2013
Contained August 25, 2013, after 25 days
Burned 14,786 acres
9th largest fire of 2013
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 14,783 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. 1925 Unnamed fire 163 acres in total 161 acres shared
  2. 1938 China Gulch Fire 35 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 31 acres shared
  3. 1939 Garden Gulch Ridge Fire 23 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 22 acres shared
  4. 1946 Pollock Gulch Fire 19 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6 acres shared
  5. 1946 Boulder Gulch Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,651 acres shared
  6. 1960 Morning Star Fire Cause: Lightning 8 acres shared
  7. 1962 Big Creek Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 58 acres shared
  8. 1977 Hog Fire 58,365 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,823 acres shared
  9. 1987 Yellow Fire 51,060 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7,564 acres shared
  10. 1987 Nielon Fire 1,468 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 67 acres shared
  11. 1994 Specimen Fire 8,378 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 891 acres shared
  12. 2008 Jake Fire 38,417 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 48 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2014 Whites Fire 33,794 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 57 acres shared
  2. 2017 Wallow Fire 63,785 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 20 acres shared
  3. 2021 River Complex 199,354 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,877 acres shared
  4. 2025 Butler Fire 21,058 acres in total 101 acres shared
  5. 2025 Garden Fire 17 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 16 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Salmon Complex, 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

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