Den Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, August 2023

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8421/den-fire-2023

Key facts

Started August 18, 2023
Contained August 24, 2023, after 6 days
Burned 295 acres
52nd largest fire of 2023
Cause Lightning
Buildings 0 destroyed, 0 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 294 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

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. 1977 Buckhorn Fire 3,487 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 14 acres shared
  2. 2014 Beaver Fire 32,493 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 294 acres shared
  3. 2016 Gap Fire 33,011 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Den 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