Gap Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, August 2016

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7562/gap-fire-2016

Key facts

Started August 27, 2016
Contained Not recorded
Burned 33,011 acres
6th largest fire of 2016
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 33,008 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. 1934 Jack Creek Fire Cause: Lightning 50 acres shared
  2. 1934 Buckhorn Creek Fire 22 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 19 acres shared
  3. 1935 White Cloud Fire Cause: Arson 961 acres shared
  4. 1943 Buckhorn Crk Fire Cause: Lightning 74 acres shared
  5. 1943 O'neil Ridge Fire 20 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 15 acres shared
  6. 1943 Buckhorn Ridge 1 Fire 24 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7 acres shared
  7. 1944 Haypress Fire Cause: Campfire 55 acres shared
  8. 1945 Bell Glenn Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 588 acres shared
  9. 1945 Middle Creek Fire Cause: Lightning 22 acres shared
  10. 1954 Green Glade Fire Cause: Smoking 37 acres shared
  11. 1962 Tompson Fire 142 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 132 acres shared
  12. 1968 Unnamed fire 121 acres in total 117 acres shared
  13. 1971 Red Fir Fire 338 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 285 acres shared
  14. 1977 Buckhorn Fire 3,487 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 3,015 acres shared
  15. 1980 Buck Fire Cause: Debris burning 7 acres shared
  16. 2014 Beaver Fire 32,493 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 511 acres shared
  17. 2015 Howards Fire Cause: Lightning 30 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2021 Horse Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 11 acres shared
  2. 2023 Head Fire 6,954 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 825 acres shared
  3. 2023 Den Fire 295 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3 acres shared

And 1 more fire that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Gap 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

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