Wildfire — Western Siskiyou County, California

2025-08-26 to 2025-08-31 · Western Siskiyou County, California

Event narrative

The Blue Wildfire was discovered on August 26th. The fire started 10 miles east of Happy Camp in Siskiyou County, California. The fire was caused by lightning. As of 530 AM PST on August 31st, it had burned 398 acres, was 0% contained, no structures had been destroyed, and it had cost $ 2.5M.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1290404. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.