Whites Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, July 2014

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7348/whites-fire-2014

Key facts

Started July 30, 2014
Contained September 25, 2014, after 57 days
Burned 33,794 acres
5th largest fire of 2014
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 33,759 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 1,766 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 228 acres in total 187 acres shared
  3. 1939 Shadow Creek Fire 960 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 116 acres shared
  4. 1945 Robinson Gulch #1 Fire Cause: Lightning 15 acres shared
  5. 1945 Big Cliff #2 Fire Cause: Lightning 12 acres shared
  6. 1951 Snowden Fire Cause: Smoking 74 acres shared
  7. 1951 Mill Creek Fire Cause: Lightning 19 acres shared
  8. 1953 Whites Gulch Fire Cause: Lightning 32 acres shared
  9. 1975 Rattlesnake Fire Cause: Equipment use 10 acres shared
  10. 1987 Nielon Fire 1,468 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,345 acres shared
  11. 1994 Specimen Fire 8,378 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2 acres shared
  12. 2003 Whites Fire 132 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 77 acres shared
  13. 2006 Uncle Fire 3,833 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3 acres shared
  14. 2013 Salmon Complex 14,786 acres in total · Cause: Arson 57 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2017 Wallow Fire 63,785 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 42 acres shared
  2. 2025 Big Cliff Fire Cause: Lightning 969 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Whites 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