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
Jerusalem25,118 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 24, 2015
Jerusalem25,118 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Lassics18,192 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Johnson17,821 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Sheill15,391 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Castle14,254 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Bear11,617 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Peak11,525 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Blake11,439 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Pickett11,013 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Dodge10,518 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Camp Roberts Burn9,823 ac
2015 · perimeter dated May 20, 2015
Rail8,670 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Wragg8,049 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Wragg8,049 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 5, 2015
Wragg8,049 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Nickowitz7,576 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cabin Seq6,996 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Groves6,803 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Round6,538 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Round6,537 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Peak Sha6,274 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Willow5,701 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Coon5,683 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Frog4,862 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
North4,249 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Walker3,816 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Tesla2,990 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Blue2,828 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cuesta2,446 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Lowell2,316 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Parkhill1,812 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Parkhill1,812 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 29, 2019
Pine 1-441,773 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Mccabe1,729 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Saddle1,543 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
East1,531 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Cabin1,462 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Solimar1,287 ac
2015 · perimeter dated January 2, 2019
Tassajara1,076 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.