Dillon Fire
The Dillon Fire was reported on August 25, 2025 in Siskiyou County, California and burned 11,929 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 11,929 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2025
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeter mapped September 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM PDT, 11,929 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.530, -123.541.
The incident
- Size
- 11,929 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 16 Miles N from Orleans, CA
- County
- Siskiyou County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Orleans
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $58,250,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CASRF-000715
- IRWIN identifier
- 0140F0B6-2F32-4651-9008-E5AE2C38F547
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 26, 2025 (1,233 acres) to September 16, 2025 (11,929 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,896 acres, mapped September 2, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2025 | 1,233 | |
| August 27, 2025 | 2,134 | +901 |
| August 28, 2025 | 3,343 | +1,209 |
| August 29, 2025 | 4,016 | +673 |
| August 30, 2025 | 4,922 | +906 |
| August 31, 2025 | 5,965 | +1,043 |
| September 1, 2025 | 6,477 | +512 |
| September 2, 2025 | 8,373 | +1,896 |
| September 3, 2025 | 9,107 | +734 |
| September 4, 2025 | 9,762 | +655 |
| September 5, 2025 | 10,780 | +1,018 |
| September 6, 2025 | 11,452 | +672 |
| September 7, 2025 | 11,812 | +360 |
| September 8, 2025 | 11,971 | +159 |
| September 9, 2025 | 11,970 | -1 |
| September 12, 2025 | 11,949 | -21 |
| September 13, 2025 | 11,949 | 0 |
| September 14, 2025 | 11,950 | +1 |
| September 15, 2025 | 11,929 | -21 |
| September 16, 2025 | 11,929 | 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, CA20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bertsch-Oceanview, CA35 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Crescent City, CA38 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fort Dick, CA39 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Willow Creek, CA41 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Cave Junction, OR44 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 September 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM PDT. Identifier 2025-CASRF-000715.