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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

Clayton3,928 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Metz3,857 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Pony2,857 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Curry2,821 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Curry2,821 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Clark2,816 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Hidden2,768 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Slate2,615 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Willard2,574 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 28, 2016
Willard2,574 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Coleman2,523 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Soup 22,513 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Pine2,300 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Goose2,241 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sacata2,099 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Soda2,000 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Soda2,000 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Jacobson1,705 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Deer1,563 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 4, 2016
Sawmill1,547 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bogart1,459 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Chimney1,324 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 25, 2018
Dinosaur1,246 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Roblar1,245 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Reservoir1,147 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Marshes1,080 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Lakes1,001 ac
2016 · perimeter dated December 22, 2016
Lakes1,001 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rough151,547 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rough151,546 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Valley76,085 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Valley76,085 ac
2015 · perimeter dated October 6, 2015
Valley76,085 ac
2015 · perimeter dated February 3, 2020
Butte70,847 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rocky69,438 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Rocky69,438 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Happy68,095 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Lake31,284 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Lake31,284 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Jerusalem25,118 ac
2015 · 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.