Let er-Buck Fire
The Let er-Buck Fire was reported on August 16, 2023 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 96 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 96 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped April 4, 2024 at 3:38 PM PDT, 96 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 41.482, -123.392.
The incident
- Size
- 96 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2023 at 6:20 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Part of
- SRF Lightning Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CASRF-000984
- IRWIN identifier
- B20E1A0B-FDF4-4C7D-B901-DA502D0E146B
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 20, 2023 (32 acres) to April 4, 2024 (96 acres). The largest one-day growth was 11 acres, mapped August 29, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2023 | 32 | |
| August 21, 2023 | 32 | 0 |
| August 23, 2023 | 34 | +2 |
| August 24, 2023 | 34 | 0 |
| August 25, 2023 | 37 | +3 |
| August 26, 2023 | 42 | +5 |
| August 27, 2023 | 42 | 0 |
| August 28, 2023 | 42 | 0 |
| August 29, 2023 | 53 | +11 |
| August 30, 2023 | 60 | +7 |
| August 31, 2023 | 67 | +7 |
| September 5, 2023 | 75 | +8 |
| September 9, 2023 | 77 | +2 |
| September 10, 2023 | 79 | +2 |
| September 11, 2023 | 79 | 0 |
| September 12, 2023 | 81 | +2 |
| September 14, 2023 | 82 | +1 |
| September 15, 2023 | 83 | +1 |
| September 16, 2023 | 88 | +5 |
| September 17, 2023 | 90 | +2 |
| September 18, 2023 | 92 | +2 |
| September 20, 2023 | 92 | 0 |
| September 21, 2023 | 95 | +3 |
| September 22, 2023 | 96 | +1 |
| April 4, 2024 | 96 | 0 |
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, CA22 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Willow Creek, CA39 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Yreka, CA43 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA44 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA46 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA47 miles northwest 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 December 20, 2023 at 11:17 AM PST. Identifier 2023-CASRF-000984.