Antelope Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, August 2021

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8260/antelope-fire-2021

Key facts

Started August 1, 2021
Contained January 3, 2022, after 155 days
Burned 145,632 acres
5th largest fire of 2021 and 32nd largest in California's records
Cause Lightning
Buildings 20 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 145,593 acres

Community

  1. Tennant 217 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.

Buildings damaged

  1. Destroyed Over 50% damaged 20
  2. Affected Up to 10% damaged 4

Buildings CAL FIRE inspected after the fire, by how badly each was damaged. Inspectors record homes, businesses and outbuildings within 100 meters of the fire, and cannot always reach every one, so the counts can differ slightly from other reports.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1915 Unnamed fire 1,142 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 12,739 acres in total 6,346 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 1,052 acres shared
  4. 1917 Unnamed fire 287 acres shared
  5. 1917 Unnamed fire 271 acres shared
  6. 1918 Unnamed fire 532 acres in total 389 acres shared
  7. 1918 Unnamed fire 299 acres shared
  8. 1920 Unnamed fire 382 acres shared
  9. 1924 Unnamed fire 751 acres shared
  10. 1928 Unnamed fire 33,653 acres in total 11,949 acres shared
  11. 1949 Unnamed fire 14,514 acres shared
  12. 1952 Sheep Camp Fire 794 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 768 acres shared
  13. 1953 Yellow Butte Fire Cause: Lightning 408 acres shared
  14. 1957 Gold Digger Fire Cause: Lightning 408 acres shared
  15. 1977 Boardtree Fire Cause: Lightning 1,350 acres shared
  16. 1980 Gold Digger Fire Cause: Lightning 799 acres shared
  17. 1999 Sheep Fire 670 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 554 acres shared
  18. 1999 Yellow Fire 4,394 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,249 acres shared
  19. 2003 Yellow Fire Cause: Lightning 555 acres shared
  20. 2020 Caldwell Fire 81,225 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 792 acres shared

And 25 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Antelope 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