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
Whittier18,412 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 30, 2017
Whittier18,412 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Helena17,972 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Pocket17,359 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Pocket17,359 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cascade16,141 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Schaeffer15,833 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Creek15,619 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 5, 2017
Buck13,357 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Railroad12,371 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Elm11,147 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Elm11,147 ac
2017 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Canyon Ii9,198 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cedar9,129 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Slinkard9,096 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 4, 2017
Slinkard8,924 ac
2017 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Slinkard8,924 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Empire8,582 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 29, 2017
Empire8,578 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cherokee8,416 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Parker 27,693 ac
2017 · perimeter dated February 21, 2019
Parker27,693 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
South Fork7,564 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 29, 2017
South Fork7,560 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
La Tuna7,051 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Manzinita6,308 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 30, 2017
Manzanita6,308 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Manzanita6,304 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rye6,048 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mud6,036 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mud6,036 ac
2017 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Wall6,029 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Wall6,027 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Modoc July Complex4,700 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 31, 2017
Jayne4,533 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Jayne4,533 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Lake4,491 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mccormick4,423 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Minerva 54,339 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Ukonom4,241 ac
2017 · 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.