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
Scotts4,509 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 11, 2019
Sites Complex4,429 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 19, 2012
Sites_Complex4,429 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Stafford4,407 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Williams4,192 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Grapevine4,013 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Nelson (W-1)3,660 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Nelson W13,659 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Wye2,831 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Buck2,637 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Buck2,637 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Robbers2,635 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Robbers2,635 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Shockey2,556 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Turkey2,530 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Turkey2,530 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Highland2,177 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Highland2,177 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Chihauhau 22,007 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Chihuahua 22,007 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Flat1,720 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
George1,708 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cascade1,705 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Cascade1,705 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Lake1,665 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Gaines1,662 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mill1,641 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 23, 2012
Clear1,452 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sand1,429 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Spanish1,151 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Spanish1,151 ac
2012 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Ramsey1,137 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Fish1,135 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Fish1,135 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Dale1,038 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Dale1,038 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
2009_Alamo1,030 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 7, 2012
Alamo_Burn1,030 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 18, 2012
Comanche25,939 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Commanche25,939 ac
2011 · 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.