Haypress Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, August 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7692/haypress-fire-2017

Key facts

Started August 10, 2017
Contained October 16, 2017, after 67 days
Burned 21,318 acres
16th largest fire of 2017
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 21,316 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 10,254 acres in total 3,028 acres shared
  2. 1918 Unnamed fire 29,730 acres in total 2,208 acres shared
  3. 1918 Unnamed fire 111 acres in total 25 acres shared
  4. 1920 Unnamed fire 419 acres in total 163 acres shared
  5. 1929 Unnamed fire 936 acres in total 898 acres shared
  6. 1929 Unnamed fire 581 acres in total 89 acres shared
  7. 1931 Unnamed fire 46 acres shared
  8. 1945 Black Mtn. Fire Cause: Lightning 110 acres shared
  9. 1945 Bear Fire Cause: Lightning 80 acres shared
  10. 1945 Irving Creek Fire 55 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 53 acres shared
  11. 1945 Irving Mtn. Fire Cause: Lightning 23 acres shared
  12. 1955 Black Mtn Fire Cause: Lightning 23 acres shared
  13. 1962 Bridge Creek 2 Fire Cause: Lightning 99 acres shared
  14. 1973 Off Fire 8,414 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 3,282 acres shared
  15. 1987 King Titus Fire 68,072 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 62 acres shared
  16. 2008 Haypress Fire 13,665 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7,778 acres shared
  17. 2008 Merrill Fire 8,339 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,662 acres shared
  18. 2008 Panther Fire 44,497 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,558 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2021 Mccash Fire 94,971 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 884 acres shared
  2. 2023 Let Er-Buck Fire 96 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 95 acres shared

And 2 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Haypress 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