Dillon Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, August 2025

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8681/dillon-fire-2025

Key facts

Started August 25, 2025
Contained November 6, 2025, after 73 days
Burned 11,929 acres
9th largest fire of 2025
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 11,926 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. 1914 Unnamed fire 113 acres in total 109 acres shared
  2. 1928 Unnamed fire 39 acres shared
  3. 1929 Unnamed fire 88 acres in total 69 acres shared
  4. 1932 Unnamed fire 1,106 acres shared
  5. 1951 Pony Peak Fire 4,883 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 779 acres shared
  6. 1972 Bluff Fire 315 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 311 acres shared
  7. 1972 Dillon Fire Cause: Lightning 8 acres shared
  8. 1977 Burns Fire Cause: Debris burning 7 acres shared
  9. 1994 Jack #1 Fire 28,207 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6,485 acres shared
  10. 2008 Mill Fire 65,882 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 11,217 acres shared
  11. 2008 Three Fire 4,923 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 59 acres shared
  12. 2008 Panther Fire 44,497 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 127 acres shared
  13. 2017 Ukonom Fire 4,241 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 150 acres shared
  14. 2023 Mosquito Fire 34,188 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 203 acres shared
  15. 2023 Elliot Fire 13,875 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 60 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Dillon 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