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
Deluz2,230 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Fish2,050 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
White1,912 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Carstens1,708 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
General1,588 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Falls1,384 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
General1,271 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Power1,076 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rush315,512 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rush307,083 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 22, 2012
Barry Point92,945 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Chips76,350 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Lost61,893 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 12, 2012
Bagley46,040 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
North Pass41,813 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Ponderosa30,305 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Mill29,526 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mill29,525 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Reading28,073 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Reading28,073 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Ponderosa27,670 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Goff22,267 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Goff22,267 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 26, 2018
Sixteen_Complex17,942 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sixteen Complex17,942 ac
2012 · perimeter dated September 15, 2012
Sixteen17,942 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Indian12,575 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Indian12,575 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Jawbone Complex12,015 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Jawbone Complex12,015 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Wilson11,667 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Stewart10,630 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Stweart10,630 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Likley9,966 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Likely8,904 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Walker Wye7,934 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Banner5,320 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 29, 2012
Banner Fire5,320 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Walker5,103 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Scotts4,509 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 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.