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
Onion 24,905 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cliff Ridge4,658 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Marek4,574 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cowshed Lightning4,466 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Summit4,175 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Friend-Darnell4,112 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Wild4,102 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Brown3,787 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Carey-Iron Complex3,714 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Trough #1-Iron Complex3,689 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Hidden3,686 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Hidden3,686 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Antelope3,417 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 29, 2008
Antelope3,417 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Orr Series3,416 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mill3,042 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
North Mtn2,964 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Gulch2,878 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Oliver2,806 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Porter2,806 ac
2008 · perimeter dated November 8, 2008
41 Fire2,592 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
412,592 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 11, 2008
Fall2,417 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Butch2,367 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Ziegler-Iron Complex2,350 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Big2,193 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Indian2,096 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Middle2,067 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Craig2,019 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Tea1,946 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Monkey Rock1,886 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Fox1,870 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Navarro1,853 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Anthony Milne1,777 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Kelly Cabin1,698 ac
2008 · perimeter dated November 22, 2008
Slides1,641 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Hwy 1401,566 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 23, 2008
Hwy 1401,566 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Back1,566 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Jack Smith1,538 ac
2008 · 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.