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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

Maggie2,098 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bassetts2,097 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Butte 22,035 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Butte 22,034 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Pedro1,997 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Almazon1,926 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Roaring1,782 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Beck1,668 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Roaring1,643 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Creek Incident1,612 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Annette1,432 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Coyote1,360 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Duck1,304 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Hoy1,283 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Harvey1,247 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bengard Ri1,136 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 27, 2006
Devil1,090 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Empire1,063 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
High1,053 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Noble1,018 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Wildhorse63,771 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Barrell24,509 ac
2005 · perimeter dated December 31, 2005
Barrel24,410 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Topanga23,396 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
China Lake10,358 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Comb9,757 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Comb9,757 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Hackberry7,158 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Hackberry7,158 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Woodhouse6,533 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Tesla6,440 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Blaisdell5,492 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cowpie4,983 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
School Incident3,892 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Border#503,863 ac
2005 · perimeter dated October 5, 2005
Kingston3,335 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Wooley3,224 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Paradise3,082 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 25, 2005
Millwood2,902 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 7, 2005
362,876 ac
2005 · 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.