Boise Fire

Wildfire in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties, August 2024

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8564/boise-fire-2024

Key facts

Started August 9, 2024
Contained September 20, 2024, after 42 days
Burned 12,913 acres
17th largest fire of 2024
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Humboldt County 10,999 acres
  2. Siskiyou County 1,906 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. 1911 Boise Creek Fire 20 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 19 acres shared
  2. 1911 Red Cap Creek Fire 10 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 9 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 199 acres in total 181 acres shared
  4. 1919 Unnamed fire 4,818 acres in total 666 acres shared
  5. 1926 Chenitch Fire 509 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 63 acres shared
  6. 1929 N.f. Boise Creek Fire Cause: Debris burning 317 acres shared
  7. 1938 Red Cap Fire 14,868 acres in total 122 acres shared
  8. 1939 Redcap Fire 2,384 acres in total 1,767 acres shared
  9. 1959 Mine Fire 4,504 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 146 acres shared
  10. 1972 Fork Fire 88 acres in total 48 acres shared
  11. 1977 Hog Fire 58,365 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,905 acres shared
  12. 1994 Unnamed fire 34 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 33 acres shared
  13. 1994 Unnamed fire 5 acres in total · Cause: Arson 4 acres shared
  14. 1998 Unnamed fire 337 acres shared
  15. 1998 Unnamed fire 130 acres shared
  16. 2006 Somes Fire 15,506 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 35 acres shared
  17. 2013 Butler Fire 22,445 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,486 acres shared
  18. 2020 Red Salmon Complex 143,836 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 60 acres shared
  19. 2023 Pearch Fire 12,152 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 33 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2025 Butler Fire 21,058 acres in total 35 acres shared

And 1 more fire that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Boise 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