Swillup Fire
The Swillup Fire was reported on August 15, 2023 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 2,147 acres. It was fully contained on August 15, 2023.
- Size
- 2,147 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped March 18, 2024 at 2:10 PM PDT, 2,212 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 41.635, -123.469.
The incident
- Size
- 2,147 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2023 at 6:37 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 15, 2023 at 6:34 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 20, 2023 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Part of
- Happy Camp Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CAKNF-006937
- IRWIN identifier
- A0703FAD-057C-435A-8D55-4E649EFB694A
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 20, 2023 (396 acres) to March 18, 2024 (2,212 acres). The largest one-day growth was 857 acres, mapped August 23, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2023 | 396 | |
| August 22, 2023 | 577 | +181 |
| August 23, 2023 | 1,433 | +856 |
| August 24, 2023 | 1,717 | +284 |
| August 25, 2023 | 1,769 | +52 |
| August 26, 2023 | 2,016 | +247 |
| August 27, 2023 | 2,212 | +196 |
| March 18, 2024 | 2,212 | 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, CA12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA36 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cave Junction, OR38 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA39 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA39 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Williams, OR42 miles north 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-006937.