Porcupine Fire

Wildfire in Siskiyou County, September 1950

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/887/porcupine-fire-1950

Key facts

Started September 2, 1950
Contained Not recorded
Burned 12,633 acres
9th largest fire of 1950
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Siskiyou County 12,633 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. 1910 Glass Mountain Fire 146,968 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12,630 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1959 Unnamed fire 14,864 acres in total 473 acres shared
  2. 1977 Scarface Fire 78,191 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,620 acres shared
  3. 2006 Lakin Fire Cause: Lightning 481 acres shared
  4. 2014 Lakin Fire Cause: Lightning 17 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Porcupine 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