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
Willows1,121 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Avalanche1,068 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Avalanche1,068 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Buckeye1,046 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Gilman1,027 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Gilman1,027 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 7, 2011
Tamarack1,014 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Tamarack1,014 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bull16,448 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Crown12,582 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 2, 2010
Crown12,582 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Crown12,582 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Mcdonald9,406 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mcdonald9,406 ac
2010 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Canyon9,336 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Canyon9,336 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sheep Complex9,022 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sheep Complex9,022 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Cotton2,038 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Cotton2,038 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Western Zone Vmp2,037 ac
2010
Slope1,711 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Slope1,711 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
West1,638 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Robinson1,600 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Indian1,502 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Inidian1,502 ac
2010 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Constantia1,453 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Constantia1,369 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 12, 2010
Constantia1,368 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 26, 2018
Post1,311 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bullards Incident1,289 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bullards Incident1,289 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 31, 2010
Bear Creek1,220 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mono1,205 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Mono1,205 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Pozo1,150 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bar1,039 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mckinley1,028 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Station160,833 ac
2009 · 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.