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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

February 2018 Prescribed Fire1,267 ac
2017 · perimeter dated March 9, 2018
Hudson1,186 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 19, 2017
Hudson1,182 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Hudson1,182 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Hudson1,175 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 18, 2017
Chilcoot1,020 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Chilcoot1,020 ac
2017 · perimeter dated February 6, 2019
Soberanes132,122 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Soberanes132,104 ac
2016 · perimeter dated October 13, 2016
Soberanes132,104 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Erskine48,008 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Chimney46,234 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sand41,383 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sand41,383 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Blue Cut36,267 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Blue Cut36,267 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Gap33,011 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rey32,580 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cedar29,101 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Canyon12,714 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Pilot8,111 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Pilot8,111 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Border 37,606 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Border 37,606 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Border 37,606 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 7, 2016
Sherpa7,466 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mineral6,790 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mineral6,790 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 19, 2016
Mineral6,780 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Cold5,730 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Cold5,730 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Trailhead5,645 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Trailhead5,645 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Owens River5,458 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Loma4,474 ac
2016 · perimeter dated October 26, 2016
Loma4,474 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Meadow4,346 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Fish4,246 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Clayton3,946 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Clayton3,928 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 16, 2016

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.