Butler Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, July 2025

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8646/butler-fire-2025

Key facts

Started July 4, 2025
Contained September 11, 2025, after 69 days
Burned 21,058 acres
6th largest fire of 2025
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Siskiyou County 21,045 acres
  2. Humboldt County 1 acre

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. 1910 Ullathorne Peak Fire 159 acres in total 97 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 1,279 acres in total 845 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 2,042 acres in total 635 acres shared
  4. 1918 Unnamed fire 235 acres shared
  5. 1919 Unnamed fire 4,818 acres in total 3,484 acres shared
  6. 1924 Unnamed fire 2,043 acres shared
  7. 1925 Unnamed fire 163 acres in total 24 acres shared
  8. 1939 Logan Gulch Fire 1,201 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,176 acres shared
  9. 1946 Pollock Gulch Fire 19 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 15 acres shared
  10. 1959 Mine Fire 4,504 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 98 acres shared
  11. 1977 Hog Fire 58,365 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 18,291 acres shared
  12. 1987 Yellow Fire 51,060 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 116 acres shared
  13. 1998 Unnamed fire 1,584 acres in total 604 acres shared
  14. 2002 Forks Fire 1,388 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 1,348 acres shared
  15. 2008 Jake Fire 38,417 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,212 acres shared
  16. 2013 Butler Fire 22,445 acres in total · Cause: Arson 16,434 acres shared
  17. 2013 Salmon Complex 14,786 acres in total · Cause: Arson 101 acres shared
  18. 2020 Red Salmon Complex 143,836 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 181 acres shared
  19. 2021 River Complex 199,354 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 113 acres shared
  20. 2024 Boise Fire 12,913 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 35 acres shared

And 3 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Butler 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