Day Fire

Wildfire in Modoc County, July 2014

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7343/day-fire-2014

Key facts

Started July 30, 2014
Contained August 13, 2014, after 14 days
Burned 13,151 acres
10th largest fire of 2014
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Modoc County 13,151 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 Glass Mountain Fire 146,968 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 505 acres shared
  2. 1918 Unnamed fire 651 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 597 acres shared
  3. 1924 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 11 acres shared
  4. 1926 Unnamed fire 179 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 105 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Day 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