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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

Island4,723 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Corral4,708 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Goldledge4,196 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Los Flores4,100 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Canyon3,901 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Canyon3,839 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Angora3,070 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
China2,939 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Magic2,825 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Gorman2,374 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Titus2,177 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Little Grider2,173 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Shannon2,141 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
North2,122 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Pine2,112 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Golden1,990 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Golden1,988 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Seven1,644 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
241 Incident1,618 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Wallow1,438 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Brown1,430 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
James1,349 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Grass Valley1,242 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Elk1,145 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Jack1,130 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Jack Wf1,106 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Larson1,081 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 12, 2007
Larson1,076 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bangor1,057 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Malakoff1,051 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 31, 2007
Grouse1,004 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Day161,816 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bake-Oven65,050 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sawtooth Complex61,767 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Esperanza40,177 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Pigeon35,094 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Canyon34,218 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Millard24,219 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Hancock21,866 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Horse16,678 ac
2006 · 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.