Butler Fire
The Butler Fire was reported on July 3, 2025 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 21,058 acres. It was declared out on March 12, 2026. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 21,058 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2025
- Personnel
- 313
Map
Perimeter mapped July 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM PDT, 21,058 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.315, -123.411.
The incident
- Size
- 21,058 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM PDT
- Declared out
- March 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 Miles E from Orleans, CA
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Orleans
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 313
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $78,476,284
- Part of
- Orleans Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CASRF-000469
- IRWIN identifier
- F1930125-5993-4672-A058-74AD25F35E3F
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 4, 2025 (27 acres) to December 2, 2025 (21,058 acres). The largest one-day growth was 21,058 acres, mapped December 2, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 4, 2025 | 27 | |
| July 5, 2025 | 102 | +75 |
| July 6, 2025 | 233 | +131 |
| July 7, 2025 | 506 | +273 |
| July 8, 2025 | 1,357 | +851 |
| July 9, 2025 | 2,821 | +1,464 |
| July 10, 2025 | 3,971 | +1,150 |
| July 12, 2025 | 6,786 | +2,815 |
| July 13, 2025 | 7,204 | +418 |
| July 14, 2025 | 8,156 | +952 |
| July 15, 2025 | 9,191 | +1,035 |
| July 16, 2025 | 9,937 | +746 |
| July 17, 2025 | 11,641 | +1,704 |
| July 19, 2025 | 14,698 | +3,057 |
| July 20, 2025 | 16,386 | +1,688 |
| July 21, 2025 | 17,591 | +1,205 |
| July 22, 2025 | 18,431 | +840 |
| July 23, 2025 | 18,739 | +308 |
| July 24, 2025 | 19,339 | +600 |
| July 25, 2025 | 19,744 | +405 |
| July 26, 2025 | 20,265 | +521 |
| July 27, 2025 | 20,824 | +559 |
| July 28, 2025 | 21,047 | +223 |
| July 29, 2025 | 21,040 | -7 |
| July 30, 2025 | 21,058 | +18 |
| August 3, 2025 | 21,058 | 0 |
| August 4, 2025 | 21,058 | 0 |
| August 5, 2025 | 0 | -21,058 |
| December 2, 2025 | 21,058 | +21,058 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Willow Creek, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Willow Creek, CA28 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Happy Camp, CA33 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Westhaven-Moonstone, CA41 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Blue Lake, CA42 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- McKinleyville, CA44 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Arcata, CA47 miles southwest 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 June 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM PDT. Identifier 2025-CASRF-000469.