Beaver Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, July 2014

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7342/beaver-fire-2014

Key facts

Started July 30, 2014
Contained October 8, 2014, after 70 days
Burned 32,493 acres
6th largest fire of 2014
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 32,493 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. 1924 Unnamed fire 43 acres shared
  2. 1924 West Fork Fire 6,308 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 407 acres shared
  3. 1925 Brown Cabin Fire 17 acres in total · Cause: Arson 16 acres shared
  4. 1939 Quigley Fire 75 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 71 acres shared
  5. 1943 Doggett Creek Fire Cause: Lightning 15 acres shared
  6. 1944 Haypress Fire 55 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 37 acres shared
  7. 1946 Unnamed fire 37 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 36 acres shared
  8. 1946 Dutch Creek Fire Cause: Smoking 53 acres shared
  9. 1947 Doggett Creek Fire Cause: Lightning 40 acres shared
  10. 1949 Maplesden Ranch Fire Cause: Equipment use 187 acres shared
  11. 1955 Dutch Creek Fire 17,922 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 15,483 acres shared
  12. 1958 Stanley Fire 123 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 101 acres shared
  13. 1977 Buckhorn Fire 3,487 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 647 acres shared
  14. 1994 Rhombus Fire Cause: Lightning 242 acres shared
  15. 2000 Bark Fire 1,720 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,396 acres shared
  16. 2001 Jones Fire 1,547 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 793 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2016 Gap Fire 33,011 acres in total · Cause: Arson 511 acres shared
  2. 2018 Cherry Fire 63 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 32 acres shared
  3. 2022 Mckinney Fire 60,102 acres in total 8,092 acres shared
  4. 2023 Den Fire Cause: Lightning 294 acres shared

And 8 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Beaver 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