Ufish Fire
The Ufish Fire was reported on August 16, 2023 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 6,874 acres. It was fully contained on September 28, 2023.
- Size
- 6,874 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped March 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM PDT, 7,851 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 41.681, -123.420.
The incident
- Size
- 6,874 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2023 at 2:21 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 28, 2023 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- November 7, 2023 at 9:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $108,000,000
- Part of
- Happy Camp Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CAKNF-007029
- IRWIN identifier
- 7B4B2AE1-444D-4E86-B4F8-170D81D16D10
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 18, 2023 (0 acres) to September 28, 2023 (7,851 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,860 acres, mapped August 31, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2023 | 0 | |
| August 20, 2023 | 573 | +573 |
| August 23, 2023 | 946 | +373 |
| August 24, 2023 | 1,165 | +219 |
| August 25, 2023 | 1,256 | +91 |
| August 26, 2023 | 1,430 | +174 |
| August 27, 2023 | 1,650 | +220 |
| August 28, 2023 | 1,965 | +315 |
| August 29, 2023 | 1,965 | 0 |
| August 30, 2023 | 2,732 | +767 |
| August 31, 2023 | 4,592 | +1,860 |
| September 1, 2023 | 4,850 | +258 |
| September 4, 2023 | 5,056 | +206 |
| September 5, 2023 | 5,106 | +50 |
| September 6, 2023 | 5,106 | 0 |
| September 7, 2023 | 5,130 | +24 |
| September 8, 2023 | 5,631 | +501 |
| September 9, 2023 | 5,890 | +259 |
| September 10, 2023 | 6,257 | +367 |
| September 11, 2023 | 6,257 | 0 |
| September 12, 2023 | 6,643 | +386 |
| September 13, 2023 | 6,754 | +111 |
| September 14, 2023 | 6,960 | +206 |
| September 15, 2023 | 7,180 | +220 |
| September 16, 2023 | 7,412 | +232 |
| September 17, 2023 | 7,521 | +109 |
| September 18, 2023 | 7,553 | +32 |
| September 20, 2023 | 7,603 | +50 |
| September 21, 2023 | 7,636 | +33 |
| September 22, 2023 | 7,651 | +15 |
| September 28, 2023 | 7,851 | +200 |
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, CA8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Cave Junction, OR35 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Williams, OR38 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA38 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA40 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA41 miles west 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 11, 2023 at 9:03 AM PST. Identifier 2023-CAKNF-007029.