Frying Pan Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, August 2014

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7351/frying-pan-fire-2014

Key facts

Started August 11, 2014
Contained September 30, 2014, after 50 days
Burned 133,177 acres
Largest fire of 2014 and 34th largest in California's records
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 133,154 acres

Community

  1. Happy Camp 697 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. 1918 Unnamed fire 29,730 acres in total 2,565 acres shared
  2. 1939 Middle Creek Fire Cause: Lightning 1,501 acres shared
  3. 1943 Blue Mtn Fire Cause: Lightning 1,693 acres shared
  4. 1951 513 Fire Cause: Lightning 328 acres shared
  5. 1955 Richardson Fire 473 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 376 acres shared
  6. 1981 Grider Fire Cause: Campfire 349 acres shared
  7. 1987 Lake Fire Cause: Lightning 18,231 acres shared
  8. 1987 Gulch Fire Cause: Lightning 8,226 acres shared
  9. 1987 King Titus Fire 68,072 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7,399 acres shared
  10. 1987 Kelsey Fire 4,191 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,008 acres shared
  11. 1987 Cliff Fire Cause: Lightning 308 acres shared
  12. 1987 Happy Fire Cause: Arson 476 acres shared
  13. 1999 East Fire Cause: Lightning 1,142 acres shared
  14. 2005 Wooley Fire 3,224 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 477 acres shared
  15. 2007 Elk Fire 1,145 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,012 acres shared
  16. 2008 Panther Fire 44,497 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 632 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2021 Mccash Fire 94,971 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,534 acres shared
  2. 2023 Head Fire 6,954 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,289 acres shared
  3. 2025 Summit Fire 701 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 672 acres shared
  4. 2025 Blue Fire Cause: Lightning 3,704 acres shared

And 29 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Frying Pan 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