Buck Fire

Wildfire in Trinity County, September 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7738/buck-fire-2017

Key facts

Started September 12, 2017
Contained October 30, 2017, after 48 days
Burned 13,357 acres
25th largest fire of 2017
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Trinity County 13,274 acres
  2. Tehama County 82 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. 1988 Hermit Fire 8,147 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,123 acres shared
  2. 1996 Rock Fire 2,527 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,905 acres shared
  3. 2008 Iron Fire 30,660 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,644 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 August Complex 1,032,700 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,134 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Buck 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