Wildfire — Western Siskiyou County, California

2006-07-23 to 2006-07-31 · Western Siskiyou County, California

Event narrative

See below.

Wider weather episode

Lightning sparked several wildfires in southwest Sisikiyou County on 07/23/06. Some of these fires became known collectively as the Happy Camp Complex. As of 08/08/06, the blaze burned 3757 acres and 4.5 million dollars were spent on the fire fighting efforts. No structures were lost, but a helicopter picking up water from a local river crashed, killing two people onboard. Estimated containment date is 09/01/06.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5521426. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.