Wallow Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, August 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7696/wallow-fire-2017

Key facts

Started August 11, 2017
Contained November 13, 2017, after 94 days
Burned 63,785 acres
5th largest fire of 2017 and 97th largest in California's records
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 63,771 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 3,880 acres shared
  2. 1918 Unnamed fire 16,172 acres in total 15,063 acres shared
  3. 1918 Unnamed fire 10,234 acres in total 2,034 acres shared
  4. 1934 Unnamed fire 148 acres shared
  5. 1934 Unnamed fire 119 acres shared
  6. 1934 Big Gulch Fire Cause: Arson 140 acres shared
  7. 1934 North Fork Fire 81 acres in total · Cause: Arson 80 acres shared
  8. 1945 Whiskey Butte Fire Cause: Lightning 160 acres shared
  9. 1955 Kidder Creek Fire 12,227 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 991 acres shared
  10. 1956 Ahlgren Fire 146 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 120 acres shared
  11. 1969 Little North Fork Fire Cause: Equipment use 198 acres shared
  12. 1977 Hog Fire 58,365 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 170 acres shared
  13. 1987 Yellow Fire 51,060 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,253 acres shared
  14. 1994 Specimen Fire 8,378 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6,883 acres shared
  15. 1999 Stein Fire 826 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 415 acres shared
  16. 2006 Uncle Fire 3,833 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,760 acres shared
  17. 2006 Hancock Fire 21,866 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,885 acres shared
  18. 2008 Jake Fire 38,417 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 9,961 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2024 Shelly Fire 15,520 acres in total 2,920 acres shared
  2. 2025 Log Fire 1,170 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 186 acres shared

And 12 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Wallow 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