Mckinney Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, July 2022

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8331/mckinney-fire-2022

Key facts

Started July 29, 2022
Contained November 11, 2022, after 105 days
Burned 60,102 acres
2nd largest fire of 2022
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 185 destroyed, 11 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 60,092 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 185
  2. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 5
  3. Affected Up to 10% damaged 6

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. 1933 Roberts Fire 50 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 39 acres shared
  2. 1935 Smith Mine Fire Cause: Arson 14 acres shared
  3. 1939 Quigley Fire Cause: Smoking 75 acres shared
  4. 1939 Cutoff Road Fire Cause: Arson 1,057 acres shared
  5. 1940 Barkhouse Fire Cause: Arson 2,309 acres shared
  6. 1943 Little Humbug Fire Cause: Lightning 35 acres shared
  7. 1943 Doggett Creek Fire Cause: Lightning 15 acres shared
  8. 1945 Clear Creek Fire 43 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 36 acres shared
  9. 1947 Doggett Creek Fire 40 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 23 acres shared
  10. 1949 Mckinney #2 Fire Cause: Lightning 42 acres shared
  11. 1955 Haystack Fire 59,640 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 32,993 acres shared
  12. 1955 Dutch Creek Fire 17,922 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,218 acres shared
  13. 1955 Mckinney Creek Fire Cause: Lightning 136 acres shared
  14. 1983 Bear Fire 308 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 194 acres shared
  15. 1987 Bearcat Fire Cause: Lightning 1,932 acres shared
  16. 2000 Bark Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,718 acres shared
  17. 2002 Eagle Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 184 acres shared
  18. 2007 China Fire 2,939 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 278 acres shared
  19. 2010 Craggy Fire Cause: Lightning 24 acres shared
  20. 2014 Beaver Fire 32,493 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8,092 acres shared

And 7 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Mckinney 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