California Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 2,299 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in California, 36 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 501,082 ac; together they cover about 26,054,017 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in California
All mapped large fires
Apple33,236 ac
2020 · perimeter dated August 20, 2020
Ivanpah1,052 ac
2020 · perimeter dated June 23, 2020
Kincade77,762 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 10, 2019
Walker54,615 ac
2019 · perimeter dated January 15, 2020
Fmu Broadcast Burn21,018 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 20, 2019
Tucker14,259 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 12, 2019
Taboose10,268 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Taboose10,268 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 20, 2019
Maria10,043 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 5, 2019
Red Bank8,822 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 15, 2019
Red Bank8,822 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 16, 2020
Saddle Ridge8,799 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 31, 2019
2019 Camp Roberts Impact Burn7,006 ac
2019 · perimeter dated May 31, 2019
Springs6,615 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 5, 2019
Winton Broadcast Burn6,312 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 30, 2019
Lone5,737 ac
2019 · perimeter dated December 2, 2019
Briceburg5,561 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Briceburg5,508 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 20, 2019
South5,334 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 24, 2019
South5,257 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Tick4,582 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 31, 2019
Rock Springs Vmp4,410 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 19, 2019
2019 Shamrock Burn4,290 ac
2019 · perimeter dated May 9, 2019
Caples3,442 ac
2019 · perimeter dated January 27, 2020
R1 Ranch3,379 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Refuge3,284 ac
2019 · perimeter dated May 29, 2019
Cave3,126 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 27, 2019
Calkr-Fy19-Rx-Klb-Leaselands-Lost River3,000 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 1, 2020
Ranch2,534 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 14, 2019
Ranch2,533 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Lonoak2,521 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 25, 2019
Crook Ranch Broadcast Burn2,460 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 31, 2019
Long Valley2,441 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 28, 2019
Sand2,422 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 13, 2019
Rock2,234 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 30, 2019
Pepperwood2,105 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 23, 2019
Lower Klamath Hfr-Units 11A2 11B 11C2,031 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 7, 2020
Tenaja1,940 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 14, 2019
Cow1,876 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 3, 2019
Lime1,874 ac
2019 · perimeter dated January 13, 2020
Source: National Interagency Fire Center, Interagency Fire Perimeter History. Only fires with a mapped perimeter of 1,000 acres or more appear; the state is inferred from the responsible unit code. A record of past fires is not a forecast. See About the Data.