Canyon Fire
The Canyon Fire was reported on August 15, 2023 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 1,108 acres. It was fully contained on August 20, 2023.
- Size
- 1,108 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped March 18, 2024 at 1:21 PM PDT, 1,342 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 41.588, -123.556.
The incident
- Size
- 1,108 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2023 at 8:11 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 20, 2023 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $109,000,000
- Part of
- Happy Camp Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CAKNF-007002
- IRWIN identifier
- 1852AB92-C37C-4EF5-9FFA-FC7778C4C438
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 18, 2023 (0 acres) to March 18, 2024 (1,342 acres). The largest one-day growth was 993 acres, mapped August 20, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2023 | 0 | |
| August 20, 2023 | 993 | +993 |
| March 18, 2024 | 1,342 | +349 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Happy Camp, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Happy Camp, CA17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA33 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA35 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA36 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Cave Junction, OR40 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Willow Creek, CA45 miles south of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 23, 2023 at 5:11 PM PDT. Identifier 2023-CAKNF-007002.