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
Brown1,833 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Redrock1,737 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Pacheco1,689 ac
2009 · perimeter dated September 14, 2009
Pacheco1,689 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Fairfield1,662 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Harden1,654 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Oasis1,575 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Oasis1,575 ac
2009 · perimeter dated September 13, 2009
Oasis1,575 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mendiboureau1,427 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mendibourne1,426 ac
2009 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Granite1,397 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Shotgun1,333 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Wildcat1,292 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Redspot1,130 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Shu Coffin1,099 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Coffin1,099 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 14, 2009
Coffin1,099 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Basin Complex163,607 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Indians76,460 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mill65,882 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Btu Lightning Complex53,699 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 24, 2008
Btu Lightning Complex53,699 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Panther44,497 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Jake38,417 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Piute37,346 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Shu Lightning-Moon Fire35,312 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Whiskeytown Complex35,312 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Telegraph34,084 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Eagle32,024 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Yellow31,933 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Iron30,660 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Freeway_Complex30,305 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Freeway30,305 ac
2008 · perimeter dated November 18, 2008
Buckhorn29,814 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Motion28,330 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Cedar-Iron Complex25,392 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Lime24,885 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Miners24,876 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Humboldt23,344 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 16, 2008
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.