Blake Fire

Wildfire in Humboldt County, July 2015

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7418/blake-fire-2015

Key facts

Started July 30, 2015
Contained Not recorded
Burned 11,439 acres
16th largest fire of 2015
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Humboldt County 11,425 acres
  2. Trinity County 11 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 637 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 458 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 637 acres in total 126 acres shared
  3. 1936 Pilot Fire Cause: Debris burning 2 acres shared
  4. 1953 South Fork Fire 5 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4 acres shared
  5. 1954 Capital Lumber Co. Fire 1,424 acres in total 45 acres shared
  6. 1966 Blake Fire Cause: Lightning 20 acres shared
  7. 1987 Blake Fire 3,179 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,379 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2023 3-9 Fire 2,836 acres in total 2,344 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Blake 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