Prescott Fire
The Prescott Fire was reported on August 17, 2023 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 599 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 599 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped January 11, 2024 at 9:36 AM PST, 599 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.735, -123.674.
The incident
- Size
- 599 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2023 at 11:41 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Part of
- Smith River Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CASRF-000989
- IRWIN identifier
- 816563E9-AE8A-41CE-9A6E-21D38AC43D32
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 17, 2023 (481 acres) to September 3, 2023 (599 acres). The largest one-day growth was 81 acres, mapped August 23, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 17, 2023 | 481 | |
| August 18, 2023 | 481 | 0 |
| August 19, 2023 | 481 | 0 |
| August 20, 2023 | 481 | 0 |
| August 21, 2023 | 481 | 0 |
| August 23, 2023 | 562 | +81 |
| August 24, 2023 | 572 | +10 |
| August 26, 2023 | 589 | +17 |
| August 27, 2023 | 595 | +6 |
| August 28, 2023 | 596 | +1 |
| August 30, 2023 | 599 | +3 |
| September 2, 2023 | 599 | 0 |
| September 3, 2023 | 599 | 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, CA16 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA25 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA26 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA27 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cave Junction, OR30 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Harbor, OR38 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 January 8, 2024 at 11:07 AM PST. Identifier 2023-CASRF-000989.