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
Soda1,423 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Gulch1,397 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Gulch1,375 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bernardo1,331 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Dark Hole1,077 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dark Hole1,077 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Malt1,063 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rim256,916 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Rim256,176 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Rim256,176 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Powerhouse30,268 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Powerhouse30,268 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Mountain27,524 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
American27,431 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mountain27,301 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Springs24,060 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Springs23,678 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Springs23,677 ac
2013 · perimeter dated May 11, 2013
Aspen22,938 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Butler22,445 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Silver20,309 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Silver20,308 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Salmon Complex14,786 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Corral12,541 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Deer11,429 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Clover8,076 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Clover8,052 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Chariot7,085 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Chariot7,054 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Panther6,896 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Red Rock5,365 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Grand4,345 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Hathaway3,780 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mccabe3,506 ac
2013 · perimeter dated November 27, 2013
Summit3,166 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Morgan3,108 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 16, 2013
Felipe2,780 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Shamrock - Shamrock Vmp2,730 ac
2013 · perimeter dated October 31, 2013
Swedes2,462 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 22, 2013
Swedes2,462 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
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.