Natchez Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou and Del Norte counties, October 2018

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7903/natchez-fire-2018

Key facts

Started October 19, 2018
Contained December 18, 2018, after 60 days
Burned 38,118 acres
11th largest fire of 2018
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Siskiyou County 33,460 acres
  2. Del Norte County 4,655 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. 1951 Little S. Fork Fire 13 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12 acres shared
  2. 1987 Elk Lick Fire 791 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 772 acres shared
  3. 1987 Ten Bald Fire 18,355 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 530 acres shared
  4. 1987 Big Buck Fire 431 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 422 acres shared
  5. 2006 Big Buck Fire Cause: Lightning 23 acres shared
  6. 2017 Oak Fire 91,125 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 49 acres shared
  7. 2017 Little Buck Fire 114 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Slater Fire 157,430 acres in total 4,439 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Natchez 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