Shelly Fire
The Shelly Fire was reported on July 3, 2024 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 15,520 acres. It was fully contained on August 6, 2024.
- Size
- 15,520 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2024
- Personnel
- 27
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped January 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM PST, 15,520 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.465, -123.063.
The incident
- Size
- 15,520 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2024 at 1:27 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- West of Etna, CA
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Greenview
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 27
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $108,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CAKNF-005159
- IRWIN identifier
- C1E955D6-D77C-4ED5-9F80-6EC085CEB269
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 3, 2024 (224 acres) to January 2, 2025 (15,520 acres). The largest one-day growth was 4,553 acres, mapped July 8, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 3, 2024 | 224 | |
| July 4, 2024 | 314 | +90 |
| July 5, 2024 | 446 | +132 |
| July 6, 2024 | 517 | +71 |
| July 7, 2024 | 1,193 | +676 |
| July 8, 2024 | 5,745 | +4,552 |
| July 9, 2024 | 7,554 | +1,809 |
| July 10, 2024 | 9,122 | +1,568 |
| July 11, 2024 | 9,853 | +731 |
| July 12, 2024 | 10,389 | +536 |
| July 13, 2024 | 12,638 | +2,249 |
| July 14, 2024 | 14,309 | +1,671 |
| July 15, 2024 | 15,233 | +924 |
| July 16, 2024 | 15,317 | +84 |
| July 17, 2024 | 15,362 | +45 |
| July 19, 2024 | 15,465 | +103 |
| July 20, 2024 | 15,500 | +35 |
| July 21, 2024 | 15,477 | -23 |
| July 23, 2024 | 15,455 | -22 |
| July 24, 2024 | 15,438 | -17 |
| July 25, 2024 | 15,520 | +82 |
| September 4, 2024 | 12,913 | -2,607 |
| January 2, 2025 | 15,520 | +2,607 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Etna, CA covers the area today.
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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 12, 2026 at 3:23 PM PST. Identifier 2024-CAKNF-005159.