Elliot Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, August 2023

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8401/elliot-fire-2023

Key facts

Started August 15, 2023
Contained October 23, 2023, after 69 days
Burned 13,875 acres
4th largest fire of 2023
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 13,868 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 830 acres in total 634 acres shared
  2. 1951 Pony Peak Fire 4,883 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,091 acres shared
  3. 1972 Bluff Fire 315 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 11 acres shared
  4. 1994 Jack #1 Fire 28,207 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 17 acres shared
  5. 1995 Pony Fire 1,710 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 101 acres shared
  6. 2001 Swillup Ii Fire 8,099 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,319 acres shared
  7. 2001 Crawford Fire Cause: Lightning 143 acres shared
  8. 2008 Three Fire 4,923 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,619 acres shared
  9. 2008 Mill Fire 65,882 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 74 acres shared
  10. 2012 Dillon Fire 318 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 114 acres shared
  11. 2016 Pony Fire 2,857 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,014 acres shared
  12. 2017 Ukonom Fire 4,241 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 20 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2025 Dillon Fire 11,929 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 60 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Elliot 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