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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

Biscuit · 2002501,082 acRanch · 2018410,203 acRanch · 2018410,202 acRanch · 2018410,201 acRush · 2012315,512 acRush · 2012307,083 acThomas · 2017281,791 acThomas · 2017281,790 acCedar · 2003270,686 acRim · 2013256,916 ac

All mapped large fires

Catkr-Fy19-Rx-Klb-Tule Lake Hfr-Lease Lands1,828 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 7, 2020
Easy1,806 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 13, 2019
Mcmillian1,764 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 12, 2019
Impact Burn1,728 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 1, 2019
Fmu Broadcast Burn1,722 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 6, 2019
Sand1,662 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Whittle Broadcast Burn1,388 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 30, 2019
Middle1,340 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 21, 2019
2019 Tnc Canal Uplands Unit1,184 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 13, 2019
Vmp Burn1,118 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 28, 2019
Boulder1,111 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 5, 2019
Lunardi Rx Burn1,023 ac
2019 · perimeter dated April 24, 2019
Mcdonald1,020 ac
2019 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Sandalwood1,008 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 14, 2019
Ranch410,203 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 19, 2018
Ranch410,202 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 24, 2018
Ranch410,201 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Carr229,686 ac
2018 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Carr229,651 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 1, 2018
Carr229,651 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 21, 2019
Camp153,336 ac
2018 · perimeter dated November 26, 2018
Camp153,335 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Ferguson97,729 ac
2018 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Ferguson96,831 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 25, 2018
Ferguson96,831 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 21, 2019
County89,836 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
County89,831 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 11, 2018
Woolsey89,551 ac
2018 · perimeter dated November 20, 2018
Delta63,506 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 9, 2018
River48,920 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 10, 2018
River48,920 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Hirz40,608 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 9, 2018
Stone39,584 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 11, 2018
Stone39,392 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 21, 2019
Klamathon38,009 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 21, 2018
Klamathon38,009 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Klamathon37,993 ac
2018 · perimeter dated November 15, 2018
Donnell36,461 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 10, 2018
Holy23,025 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 17, 2018
Whaleback18,749 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 5, 2018

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.