Castle Fire

Wildfire in Trinity County, June 2015

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7391/castle-fire-2015

Key facts

Started June 23, 2015
Contained June 23, 2015, after 0 days
Burned 14,254 acres
12th largest fire of 2015
Cause Campfire
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Where it burned

County

  1. Trinity County 14,254 acres

Community

  1. Hyampom 807 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 299 acres in total 296 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 7 acres in total 6 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 4 acres shared
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire 30 acres in total 29 acres shared
  5. 1984 Unnamed fire 309 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 297 acres shared
  6. 1987 Gulch Fire 6,584 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,001 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2021 Monument Fire 223,108 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 84 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Castle 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