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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1990-_Most_destructive_California_wildfires.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/1990-_Most_destructive_California_wildfires.svg/280px-1990-_Most_destructive_California_wildfires.svg.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/1990-_Most_destructive_California_wildfires.svg/420px-1990-_Most_destructive_California_wildfires.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/1990-_Most_destructive_California_wildfires.svg/560px-1990-_Most_destructive_California_wildfires.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>About 75% of California's 20 most destructive wildfires—measured in terms of structures burned—have occurred since 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-Calfire_202501_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Calfire_202501-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AERONET_La_Jolla.2007295.terra.250m.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/AERONET_La_Jolla.2007295.terra.250m.jpg/280px-AERONET_La_Jolla.2007295.terra.250m.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/AERONET_La_Jolla.2007295.terra.250m.jpg/420px-AERONET_La_Jolla.2007295.terra.250m.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/AERONET_La_Jolla.2007295.terra.250m.jpg/560px-AERONET_La_Jolla.2007295.terra.250m.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2880" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds" title="Santa Ana winds">Santa Ana winds</a> in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_on_Aug._17,_2013-0004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_on_Aug._17%2C_2013-0004.jpg/280px-The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_on_Aug._17%2C_2013-0004.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_on_Aug._17%2C_2013-0004.jpg/420px-The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_on_Aug._17%2C_2013-0004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_on_Aug._17%2C_2013-0004.jpg/560px-The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_on_Aug._17%2C_2013-0004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Rim_Fire" title="Rim Fire">Rim Fire</a> consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near <a href="/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park" title="Yosemite National Park">Yosemite National Park</a>, in 2013.</figcaption></figure> <p>This is a partial and incomplete list of <a href="/wiki/Wildfire" title="Wildfire">wildfires</a> in the US state of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. California has dry, windy, and often hot weather conditions from spring through late autumn that can produce moderate to severe wildfires. Pre-1800, when the area was much more forested and <a href="/wiki/Ecology_of_California" title="Ecology of California">the ecology</a> much more resilient, 4.4-11.9 million acres (1.8-4.8 million hectares) of forest and shrubland burned annually.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/2020_California_wildfires" title="2020 California wildfires">2020 wildfire season</a> alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Causes">Causes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Causes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_California" title="Climate change in California">Climate change in California</a> has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California have grown more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Gas_and_Electric_Company" title="Pacific Gas and Electric Company">Pacific Gas and Electric</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States" title="Taxation in the United States">taxpayers</a> pay about <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>3 billion a year to fight wildfires, and big fires can lead to billions of dollars in property losses.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At times, these wildfires are fanned or made worse by strong, dry winds, known as <a href="/wiki/Diablo_wind" title="Diablo wind">Diablo winds</a> when they occur in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_California" title="Northern California">northern part of the state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds" title="Santa Ana winds">Santa Ana winds</a> when they occur in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">south</a>. However, from a historical perspective, it has been estimated that prior to 1850, about 4.5 million acres (17,000 km<sup>2</sup>) burned yearly, in fires that lasted for months, with wildfire activity peaking roughly every 30 years, when up to 11.8 million acres (47,753 km<sup>3</sup>) of land burned.<sup id="cite_ref-SJMN_1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SJMN_1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-why_won't_anybody_listen_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-why_won't_anybody_listen-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The much larger wildfire seasons in the past can be attributed to the policy of <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_California" title="Indigenous peoples of California">Native Californians</a> regularly setting <a href="/wiki/Controlled_burn" title="Controlled burn">controlled burns</a> and allowing natural fires to run their course, which prevented devastating wildfires from overrunning the state.<sup id="cite_ref-SJMN_1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SJMN_1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are conservation issues that aren't allowing as many controlled burns necessary to lessen the damage for when a wildfire starts.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Effects">Effects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Effects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>More than 350,000 people in California live in towns sited completely within zones deemed to be at very high risk of fire. In total, more than 2.7 million people live in "very high fire hazard severity zones", which also include areas at lesser risk.<sup id="cite_ref-rgj_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rgj-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On lands under CAL FIRE's jurisdictional protection (i.e. not federal or local responsibility areas), the majority of wildfire ignitions since 1980 have been caused by humans. The four most common ignition sources for wildfires on CAL FIRE-protected lands are, in order: equipment use, powerlines, arson, and lightning.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2023 study found that these wildfires are affecting the California ecosystem and disrupting the habitats.<sup id="cite_ref-abcnews.go.com_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abcnews.go.com-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ayars_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ayars-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It found that in the 2020 and 2021 fire seasons 58% of the area affected by wildfires occurred in those two seasons since 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-abcnews.go.com_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abcnews.go.com-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ayars_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ayars-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These two fires destroyed 30% of the habitat of 50 species as well as 100 species that had 10% of their habitats burn. 5-14% of the species' habitats burned at a "high severity."<sup id="cite_ref-abcnews.go.com_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abcnews.go.com-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ayars_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ayars-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Area_burned_per_year">Area burned per year</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Area burned per year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg/220px-Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg/330px-Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg/440px-Oakland_firestorm_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="395" /></a><figcaption>Remains of houses destroyed in the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_firestorm_of_1991" title="Oakland firestorm of 1991">Oakland firestorm of 1991</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:California_fires_October_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/California_fires_October_2003.jpg/220px-California_fires_October_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/California_fires_October_2003.jpg/330px-California_fires_October_2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/California_fires_October_2003.jpg/440px-California_fires_October_2003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Satellite image from October, 2003 including Cedar Fire, one of the largest wildfires in California history</figcaption></figure> <p>Starting in 2001, the <a href="/wiki/National_Interagency_Fire_Center" title="National Interagency Fire Center">National Interagency Fire Center</a> began keeping more accurate records on the total fire acreage burned in each state.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Fires </th> <th>Acres </th> <th>Hectares </th> <th>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_California_wildfires" title="2000 California wildfires">2000</a></td> <td>7,622</td> <td style="text-align:right;">295,026 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">119,393</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-all_jurisdictions_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-all_jurisdictions-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_California_wildfires" title="2001 California wildfires">2001</a></td> <td>9,458</td> <td style="text-align:right;">329,126 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">133,193</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_California_wildfires" title="2002 California wildfires">2002</a></td> <td>8,328</td> <td style="text-align:right;">969,890 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">392,500</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-large_fires_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-large_fires-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_California_wildfires" title="2003 California wildfires">2003</a></td> <td>9,116</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,020,460 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">412,970</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2003_large_fires_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2003_large_fires-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Otay_Fire_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Otay_Fire-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_California_wildfires" title="2004 California wildfires">2004</a></td> <td>8,415</td> <td style="text-align:right;">264,988 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">107,237</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2004_large_fires_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2004_large_fires-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_California_wildfires" title="2005 California wildfires">2005</a></td> <td>7,162</td> <td style="text-align:right;">222,538 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">90,058</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2005_large_fires_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2005_large_fires-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_California_wildfires" title="2006 California wildfires">2006</a></td> <td>8,202</td> <td style="text-align:right;">736,022 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">297,858</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2006_large_fires_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2006_large_fires-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_California_wildfires" title="2007 California wildfires">2007</a></td> <td>9,093</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,520,362 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">615,269</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-all_jurisdictions_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-all_jurisdictions-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_California_wildfires" title="2008 California wildfires">2008</a></td> <td>6,255</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,593,690 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">644,940</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-all_jurisdictions_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-all_jurisdictions-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_California_wildfires" title="2009 California wildfires">2009</a></td> <td>9,159</td> <td style="text-align:right;">422,147 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">170,837</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2009_large_fires_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2009_large_fires-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_California_wildfires" title="2010 California wildfires">2010</a></td> <td>6,554</td> <td style="text-align:right;">109,529 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44,325</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_California_wildfires" title="2011 California wildfires">2011</a></td> <td>7,989</td> <td style="text-align:right;">168,545 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">68,208</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2011_large_fires_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011_large_fires-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_California_wildfires" title="2012 California wildfires">2012</a></td> <td>7,950</td> <td style="text-align:right;">869,599 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">351,914</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_California_wildfires" title="2013 California wildfires">2013</a></td> <td>9,907</td> <td style="text-align:right;">601,635 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">243,473</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2013_Redbook_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013_Redbook-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_California_wildfires" title="2014 California wildfires">2014</a></td> <td>7,865</td> <td style="text-align:right;">625,540 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">253,150</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2014_redbook_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014_redbook-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_California_wildfires" title="2015 California wildfires">2015</a></td> <td>8,745</td> <td style="text-align:right;">893,362 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">361,531</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_California_wildfires" title="2016 California wildfires">2016</a></td> <td>6,986</td> <td style="text-align:right;">669,534 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">270,951</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-NIFC_2016_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIFC_2016-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2016_redbook_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016_redbook-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_California_wildfires" title="2017 California wildfires">2017</a></td> <td>9,560</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,548,429 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">626,627</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-2017_CalFire_Stats_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2017_CalFire_Stats-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NIFC_2017_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIFC_2017-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_California_wildfires" title="2018 California wildfires">2018</a></td> <td>8,527</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,975,086 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">799,289</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-CalFire_2018_Incident_Archive_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CalFire_2018_Incident_Archive-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2018_Year-to-Date_report_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2018_Year-to-Date_report-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_California_wildfires" title="2019 California wildfires">2019</a></td> <td>7,860</td> <td style="text-align:right;">259,823 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">105,147</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_California_wildfires" title="2020 California wildfires">2020</a></td> <td>9,639</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,397,809 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,779,730</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_California_wildfires" title="2021 California wildfires">2021</a></td> <td>8,835</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,568,948 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,039,616</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_California_wildfires" title="2022 California wildfires">2022</a></td> <td>7,490</td> <td style="text-align:right;">362,455 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">146,680</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_California_wildfires" title="2023 California wildfires">2023</a></td> <td>7,127</td> <td style="text-align:right;">324,917 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">131,489</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_California_wildfires" title="2024 California wildfires">2024</a></td> <td>8,024</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,050,012 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">424,925</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-2024_CalFire_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024_CalFire-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_California_wildfires" title="2025 California wildfires">2025</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="9998 !"><b>2000-23 Mean</b></span></td> <td>8,243</td> <td style="text-align:right;">974,894 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">394,526</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="9999 !"><b>2000-23 Median</b></span></td> <td>8,265</td> <td style="text-align:right;">647,537 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">262,049</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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Protection</a> have been:<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1275448275">.mw-parser-output .defaultleft{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .defaultcenter{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .defaultright{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .col1left td:nth-child(1),.mw-parser-output .col2left td:nth-child(2),.mw-parser-output .col3left td:nth-child(3),.mw-parser-output .col4left td:nth-child(4),.mw-parser-output .col5left td:nth-child(5),.mw-parser-output .col6left td:nth-child(6),.mw-parser-output .col7left td:nth-child(7),.mw-parser-output .col8left td:nth-child(8),.mw-parser-output .col9left td:nth-child(9),.mw-parser-output .col10left td:nth-child(10),.mw-parser-output .col11left td:nth-child(11),.mw-parser-output .col12left td:nth-child(12),.mw-parser-output .col13left td:nth-child(13),.mw-parser-output .col14left 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td:nth-child(19),.mw-parser-output .col20right td:nth-child(20),.mw-parser-output .col21right td:nth-child(21),.mw-parser-output .col22right td:nth-child(22),.mw-parser-output .col23right td:nth-child(23),.mw-parser-output .col24right td:nth-child(24),.mw-parser-output .col25right td:nth-child(25),.mw-parser-output .col26right td:nth-child(26),.mw-parser-output .col27right td:nth-child(27),.mw-parser-output .col28right td:nth-child(28),.mw-parser-output .col29right td:nth-child(29){text-align:right}</style> <table class="wikitable sortable col1center col7right col8right"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th width="100">Fire Name <i>(Cause)</i> </th> <th>County </th> <th>Acres (Hectares) </th> <th>Start date </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Structures </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Deaths </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/August_Complex_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="August Complex Fire">August Complex</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mendocino_County,_California" title="Mendocino County, California">Mendocino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humboldt_County,_California" title="Humboldt County, California">Humboldt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_California" title="Trinity County, California">Trinity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tehama_County,_California" title="Tehama County, California">Tehama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_County,_California" title="Glenn County, California">Glenn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_California" title="Lake County, California">Lake</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Colusa_County,_California" title="Colusa County, California">Colusa</a> </td> <td><b>1,032,648 (417,898)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2020</span> </td> <td>935 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dixie_Fire" title="Dixie Fire">Dixie</a> <i>(Powerlines)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_California" title="Butte County, California">Butte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plumas_County,_California" title="Plumas County, California">Plumas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lassen_County,_California" title="Lassen County, California">Lassen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shasta_County,_California" title="Shasta County, California">Shasta</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tehama_County,_California" title="Tehama County, California">Tehama</a> </td> <td><b>963,309 (389,837)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2021</span> </td> <td>1,311 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mendocino_Complex_Fire" title="Mendocino Complex Fire">Mendocino Complex</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colusa_County,_California" title="Colusa County, California">Colusa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_California" title="Lake County, California">Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mendocino_County,_California" title="Mendocino County, California">Mendocino</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Glenn_County,_California" title="Glenn County, California">Glenn</a> </td> <td><b>459,123 (185,800)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2018</span> </td> <td>280 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Park_Fire" title="Park Fire">Park</a> <i>(Arson)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_California" title="Butte County, California">Butte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plumas_County,_California" title="Plumas County, California">Plumas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shasta_County,_California" title="Shasta County, California">Shasta</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Tehama_County,_California" title="Tehama County, California">Tehama</a> </td> <td><b>429,603 (173,854)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2024</span> </td> <td>709 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SCU_Lightning_Complex_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="SCU Lightning Complex Fire">SCU Lightning Complex</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanislaus_County,_California" title="Stanislaus County, California">Stanislaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa</a>, & <a href="/wiki/San_Joaquin_County,_California" title="San Joaquin County, California">San Joaquin</a> </td> <td><b>396,625 (160,508)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2020</span> </td> <td>225 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Creek_Fire" title="Creek Fire">Creek</a> <i>(Undetermined)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fresno_County,_California" title="Fresno County, California">Fresno</a> & <a href="/wiki/Madera_County,_California" title="Madera County, California">Madera</a> </td> <td><b>379,895 (153,738)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-09-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 2020</span> </td> <td>858 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LNU_Lightning_Complex_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="LNU Lightning Complex Fire">LNU Lightning Complex</a> <i>(Lightning/Arson)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yolo_County,_California" title="Yolo County, California">Yolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_California" title="Lake County, California">Lake</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Colusa_County,_California" title="Colusa County, California">Colusa</a> </td> <td><b>363,220 (146,990)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2020</span> </td> <td>1,491 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Complex_Fire" title="North Complex Fire">North Complex</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_California" title="Butte County, California">Butte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plumas_County,_California" title="Plumas County, California">Plumas</a> & <a href="/wiki/Yuba_County,_California" title="Yuba County, California">Yuba</a> </td> <td><b>318,935 (129,068)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2020</span> </td> <td>2,352 </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fire" title="Thomas Fire">Thomas</a> <i>(Powerlines)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ventura_County,_California" title="Ventura County, California">Ventura</a> & <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_County,_California" title="Santa Barbara County, California">Santa Barbara</a> </td> <td><b>281,893 (114,078)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 2017</span> </td> <td>1,060 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Fire" title="Cedar Fire">Cedar</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego</a> </td> <td><b>273,246 (110,579)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2003</span> </td> <td>2,820 </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rush_Fire" title="Rush Fire">Rush</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lassen_County,_California" title="Lassen County, California">Lassen</a> </td> <td><b>271,911 (110,038)</b> (+43,666 (17,671) in Nevada) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2012</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rim_Fire" title="Rim Fire">Rim</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tuolumne_County,_California" title="Tuolumne County, California">Tuolumne</a> </td> <td><b>257,314 (104,131)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2013</span> </td> <td>112 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zaca_Fire" title="Zaca Fire">Zaca</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_County,_California" title="Santa Barbara County, California">Santa Barbara</a> </td> <td><b>240,207 (97,208)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2007</span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carr_Fire" title="Carr Fire">Carr</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shasta_County,_California" title="Shasta County, California">Shasta</a> & <a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_California" title="Trinity County, California">Trinity</a> </td> <td><b>229,651 (92,936)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2018</span> </td> <td>1,614 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monument_Fire" title="Monument Fire">Monument</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_California" title="Trinity County, California">Trinity</a> </td> <td><b>223,124 (90,295)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2021</span> </td> <td>28 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caldor_Fire" title="Caldor Fire">Caldor</a> <i>(Bullet)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_County,_California" title="Alpine County, California">Alpine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amador_County,_California" title="Amador County, California">Amador</a>, & <a href="/wiki/El_Dorado_County,_California" title="El Dorado County, California">El Dorado</a> </td> <td><b>221,835 (89,773)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2021</span> </td> <td>1,311 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matilija_Fire" title="Matilija Fire">Matilija</a> <i>(Undetermined)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ventura_County,_California" title="Ventura County, California">Ventura</a> </td> <td><b>220,000 (89,000)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001932-09-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 1932</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/River_Complex_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="River Complex Fire">River Complex</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Siskiyou_County,_California" title="Siskiyou County, California">Siskiyou</a> & <a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_California" title="Trinity County, California">Trinity</a> </td> <td><b>199,359 (80,678)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2021</span> </td> <td>122 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Witch_Fire" title="Witch Fire">Witch</a> <i>(Powerlines)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego</a> </td> <td><b>197,990 (80,120)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2007</span> </td> <td>1,650 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20. </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Klamath_Theatre_Complex_Fire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Klamath Theatre Complex Fire (page does not exist)">Klamath Theatre Complex</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Siskiyou_County,_California" title="Siskiyou County, California">Siskiyou</a> </td> <td><b>192,038 (77,715)</b> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-06-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 2008</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deadliest_wildfires">Deadliest wildfires</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Deadliest wildfires"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of January 28, 2025<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the 20 deadliest wildfires according to the <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Forestry_and_Fire_Protection" title="California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection">California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection</a> have been:<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1275448275"> <table class="wikitable sortable col1center col7right col8right"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th width="100">Fire Name <i>(Cause)</i> </th> <th>County </th> <th>Acres (Hectares) </th> <th>Start date </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Structures </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Deaths </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Camp_Fire_(2018)" title="Camp Fire (2018)">Camp</a> <i>(Powerlines)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_California" title="Butte County, California">Butte</a> </td> <td>153,336 (62,053) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 2018</span> </td> <td>18,804 </td> <td><b>85</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1933_Griffith_Park_fire" title="1933 Griffith Park fire">Griffith Park</a> <i>(Unknown)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> </td> <td>47 (19) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001933-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 1933</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>29</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_firestorm_of_1991" title="Oakland firestorm of 1991">Tunnel</a> (Rekindle) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda</a> </td> <td>1,600 (650) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 1991</span> </td> <td>2,900 </td> <td><b>25</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tubbs_Fire" title="Tubbs Fire">Tubbs</a> <i>(Electrical)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a> </td> <td>36,807 (14,895) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2017</span> </td> <td>5,643 </td> <td><b>22</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eaton_Fire" title="Eaton Fire">Eaton</a> <i>(Under Investigation)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a> </td> <td>14,021 (5,674) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 2025</span> </td> <td>9,418 </td> <td><b>17</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Complex_Fire" title="North Complex Fire">North Complex</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_California" title="Butte County, California">Butte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plumas_County,_California" title="Plumas County, California">Plumas</a> & <a href="/wiki/Yuba_County,_California" title="Yuba County, California">Yuba</a> </td> <td>318,935 (129,068) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2020</span> </td> <td>2,352 </td> <td><b>15</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Fire" title="Cedar Fire">Cedar</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego</a> </td> <td>273,246 (110,579) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2003</span> </td> <td>2,820 </td> <td><b>15</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rattlesnake_Fire" title="Rattlesnake Fire">Rattlesnake</a> <i>(Arson)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenn_County,_California" title="Glenn County, California">Glenn</a> </td> <td>1,340 (540) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 1953</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>15</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palisades_Fire" title="Palisades Fire">Palisades</a> <i>(Under Investigation)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a> </td> <td>23,448 (9,489) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 2025</span> </td> <td>6,837 </td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Loop_Fire" title="Loop Fire">Loop</a> <i>(Unknown)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a> </td> <td>2,028 (821) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 1966</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11. </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauser_Creek_Fire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hauser Creek Fire (page does not exist)">Hauser Creek</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego</a> </td> <td>13,145 (5,320) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001943-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 1943</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>11</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12. </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inaja_Fire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inaja Fire (page does not exist)">Inaja</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego</a> </td> <td>43,904 (17,767) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001956-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 1956</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>11</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iron_Alps_Complex_Fire" title="Iron Alps Complex Fire">Iron Alps Complex</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_California" title="Trinity County, California">Trinity</a> </td> <td>105,855 (42,838) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2008</span> </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14. </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Redwood_Valley_Fire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Redwood Valley Fire (page does not exist)">Redwood Valley</a> <i>(Power Lines)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mendocino_County,_California" title="Mendocino County, California">Mendocino</a> </td> <td>36,523 (14,780) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2017</span> </td> <td>544 </td> <td><b>9</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harris_Fire" title="Harris Fire">Harris</a> <i>(Undeterminded)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego</a> </td> <td>90,440 (36,600) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2007</span> </td> <td>548 </td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16. </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canyon_Fire_(1968)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canyon Fire (1968) (page does not exist)">Canyon</a> <i>(Unknown)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a> </td> <td>22,197 (8,983) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001968-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 1968</span> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carr_Fire" title="Carr Fire">Carr</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shasta_County,_California" title="Shasta County, California">Shasta</a> & <a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_California" title="Trinity County, California">Trinity</a> </td> <td>229,651 (92,936) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2018</span> </td> <td>1,614 </td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LNU_Lightning_Complex_fires" title="LNU Lightning Complex fires">LNU Lightning Complex</a> <i>(Lightning/Arson)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yolo_County,_California" title="Yolo County, California">Yolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanislaus_County,_California" title="Stanislaus County, California">Stanislaus</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_California" title="Lake County, California">Lake</a> </td> <td>363,220 (146,990) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2020</span> </td> <td>1,491 </td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlas_Fire" title="Atlas Fire">Atlas</a> <i>(Power Lines)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a> & <a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano</a> </td> <td>51,624 (20,891) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2017</span> </td> <td>781 </td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Fire" title="Old Fire">Old</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="San Bernardino County, California">San Bernardino</a> </td> <td>91,281 (36,940) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2003</span> </td> <td>1,003 </td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Most_destructive_wildfires">Most destructive wildfires</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Most destructive wildfires"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of January 28, 2025<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the 20 most destructive wildfires according to the <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Forestry_and_Fire_Protection" title="California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection">California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection</a> have been:<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1275448275"> <table class="wikitable sortable col1center col7right col8right"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th width="100">Fire Name <i>(Cause)</i> </th> <th>County </th> <th>Acres (Hectares) </th> <th>Start date </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Structures </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Deaths </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Camp_Fire_(2018)" title="Camp Fire (2018)">Camp</a> <i>(Power Lines)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_California" title="Butte County, California">Butte</a> </td> <td>153,336 (62,053) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 2018</span> </td> <td><b>18,804</b> </td> <td>85 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eaton_Fire" title="Eaton Fire">Eaton</a> <i>(Under Investigation)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a> </td> <td>14,021 (5,674) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 2025</span> </td> <td><b>9,418</b> </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palisades_Fire" title="Palisades Fire">Palisades</a> <i>(Under Investigation)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a> </td> <td>23,707 (9,594) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 2025</span> </td> <td><b>6,837</b> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tubbs_Fire" title="Tubbs Fire">Tubbs</a> <i>(Electrical)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a> </td> <td>36,807 (14,895) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2017</span> </td> <td><b>5,646</b> </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tunnel_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunnel Fire">Tunnel</a> <i>(Rekindle)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda</a> </td> <td>1,600 (650) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 1991</span> </td> <td><b>2,900</b> </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Fire" title="Cedar Fire">Cedar</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego</a> </td> <td>273,246 (110,579) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2003</span> </td> <td><b>2,820</b> </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Complex_Fire" title="North Complex Fire">North Complex</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_California" title="Butte County, California">Butte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plumas_County,_California" title="Plumas County, California">Plumas</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Yuba_County,_California" title="Yuba County, California">Yuba</a> </td> <td>318,935 (129,068) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2020</span> </td> <td><b>2,352</b> </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valley_Fire" title="Valley Fire">Valley</a> <i>(Electrical)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_California" title="Lake County, California">Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a> </td> <td>76,067 (30,783) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002015-09-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 2015</span> </td> <td><b>1,955</b> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Witch_Fire" title="Witch Fire">Witch</a> <i>(Powerlines)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego</a> </td> <td>197,990 (80,120) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2007</span> </td> <td><b>1,650</b> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woolsey_Fire" title="Woolsey Fire">Woolsey</a> <i>(Electrical)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ventura_County,_California" title="Ventura County, California">Ventura</a> </td> <td>96,949 (39,234) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 2018</span> </td> <td><b>1,643</b> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carr_Fire" title="Carr Fire">Carr</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shasta_County,_California" title="Shasta County, California">Shasta</a> & <a href="/wiki/Trinity_County,_California" title="Trinity County, California">Trinity</a> </td> <td>229,651 (92,936) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2018</span> </td> <td><b>1,614</b> </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glass_Fire" title="Glass Fire">Glass</a> <i>(Undetermined)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a> </td> <td>67,484 (27,310) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-09-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 2020</span> </td> <td><b>1,520</b> </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LNU_Lightning_Complex_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="LNU Lightning Complex Fire">LNU Lightning Complex</a> <i>(Lightning/Arson)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yolo_County,_California" title="Yolo County, California">Yolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_California" title="Lake County, California">Lake</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Colusa_County,_California" title="Colusa County, California">Colusa</a> </td> <td>363,220 (146,990) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2020</span> </td> <td><b>1,491</b> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CZU_Lightning_Complex_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="CZU Lightning Complex Fire">CZU Lightning Complex</a> <i>(Lightning)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_County,_California" title="Santa Cruz County, California">Santa Cruz</a> & <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo</a> </td> <td>86,509 (35,009) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2020</span> </td> <td><b>1,490</b> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nuns_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuns Fire">Nuns</a> <i>(Powerline)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a> </td> <td>54,382 (22,008) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2017</span> </td> <td><b>1,355</b> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dixie_Fire" title="Dixie Fire">Dixie</a> <i>(Powerline)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_California" title="Butte County, California">Butte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plumas_County,_California" title="Plumas County, California">Plumas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lassen_County,_California" title="Lassen County, California">Lassen</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Tehama_County,_California" title="Tehama County, California">Tehama</a> </td> <td>963,309 (389,837) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2021</span> </td> <td><b>1,311</b> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fire" title="Thomas Fire">Thomas</a> <i>(Powerline)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ventura_County,_California" title="Ventura County, California">Ventura</a> & <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_County,_California" title="Santa Barbara County, California">Santa Barbara</a> </td> <td>281,893 (114,078) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 2017</span> </td> <td><b>1,063</b> </td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caldor_Fire" title="Caldor Fire">Caldor</a> <i>(Bullet)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_County,_California" title="Alpine County, California">Alpine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amador_County,_California" title="Amador County, California">Amador</a>, & <a href="/wiki/El_Dorado_County,_California" title="El Dorado County, California">El Dorado</a> </td> <td>221,835 (89,773) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2021</span> </td> <td><b>1,003</b> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Fire" title="Old Fire">Old</a> <i>(Human Related)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="San Bernardino County, California">San Bernardino</a> </td> <td>91,281 (36,940) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 2003</span> </td> <td><b>1,003</b> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jones_Fire" title="Jones Fire">Jones</a> <i>(Undetermined)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shasta_County,_California" title="Shasta County, California">Shasta</a> </td> <td>26,200 (10,600) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 1999</span> </td> <td><b>954</b> </td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Areas_of_repeated_ignition">Areas of repeated ignition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Areas of repeated ignition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Summer_2008_California_wildfires_on_July_9.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Summer_2008_California_wildfires_on_July_9.jpg/170px-Summer_2008_California_wildfires_on_July_9.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Summer_2008_California_wildfires_on_July_9.jpg/255px-Summer_2008_California_wildfires_on_July_9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Summer_2008_California_wildfires_on_July_9.jpg/340px-Summer_2008_California_wildfires_on_July_9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3400" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>The summer 2008 wildfires were widespread and deadly, with at least 3,596 wildfires of various origins burning throughout <a href="/wiki/Northern_California" title="Northern California">Northern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_California" title="Central California">Central California</a>, for around four months</figcaption></figure> <p>In some parts of California, fires recur with some regularity. In <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, for example, fires of various size and ignition occurred in <a href="/wiki/1923_Berkeley,_California_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="1923 Berkeley, California fire">1923</a>, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1946, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1980, 1990, <a href="/wiki/Oakland_firestorm_of_1991" title="Oakland firestorm of 1991">1991</a>, 1995, 2002, and 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riverside_County,_California" title="Riverside County, California">Riverside County</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="San Bernardino County, California">San Bernardino County</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles County</a> are other examples. Orange and San Bernardino counties share a border that runs north to south through the <a href="/wiki/Chino_Hills_State_Park" title="Chino Hills State Park">Chino Hills State Park</a>, with the park's landscape ranging from large green <a href="/wiki/Coastal_sage_scrub" title="Coastal sage scrub">coastal sage scrub</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">grassland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Woodland" title="Woodland">woodland</a>, to areas of brown sparsely dense <a href="/wiki/Vegetation" title="Vegetation">vegetation</a> made drier by droughts or hot summers. The valley's grass and barren land can become easily susceptible to dry spells and drought, therefore making it a prime spot for brush fires and <a href="/wiki/Conflagration" title="Conflagration">conflagrations</a>, many of which have occurred since 1914. Hills and canyons have seen brush or wildfires in 1914, the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and into today.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On occasion, lightning strikes from <a href="/wiki/Thunderstorm" title="Thunderstorm">thunderstorms</a> may also spark wildfires in areas that have seen past ignition. Examples of this are the 1999 Megram Fire, the <a href="/wiki/2008_California_wildfires" title="2008 California wildfires">2008 California wildfires</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> as well as the LNU and SCU Lightning Complex fires (both in 2020). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_California" title="Climate of California">Climate of California</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_California_floods" title="List of California floods">List of California floods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_California_tornadoes" title="List of California tornadoes">List of California tornadoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_California_hurricanes" title="List of California hurricanes">List of California hurricanes</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wildfires" title="List of wildfires">List of wildfires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildfires_in_the_United_States" title="Wildfires in the United States">Wildfires in the United States</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arizona_wildfires" title="List of Arizona wildfires">List of Arizona wildfires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Mexico_wildfires" title="List of New Mexico wildfires">List of New Mexico wildfires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Oregon_wildfires" title="List of Oregon wildfires">List of Oregon wildfires</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_California_wildfires&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Calfire_202501-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Calfire_202501_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top20_destruction.pdf">"Top 20 Most Destructive California Wildfires"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>from fire.ca.gov</i>. 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(1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Berkeley,_California_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="1923 Berkeley, California fire">Berkeley</a> (1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matilija_Fire" title="Matilija Fire">Matilija</a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Griffith_Park_fire" title="1933 Griffith Park fire">Griffith Park</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rattlesnake_Fire" title="Rattlesnake Fire">Rattlesnake</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlow_Fire" title="Harlow Fire">Harlow</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bel_Air_Fire" title="Bel Air Fire">Bel Air</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loop_Fire" title="Loop Fire">Loop</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laguna_Fire" title="Laguna Fire">Laguna</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble_Cone_Fire" title="Marble Cone Fire">Marble Cone</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Agoura-Malibu_firestorm" title="1978 Agoura-Malibu firestorm">Agoura-Malibu</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panorama_Fire" title="Panorama Fire">Panorama</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/49er_Fire" title="49er Fire">49er</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painted_Cave_Fire" title="Painted Cave Fire">Painted Cave</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_firestorm_of_1991" title="Oakland firestorm of 1991">Tunnel</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_Fire" title="Fountain Fire">Fountain</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinneloa_Fire" title="Kinneloa Fire">Kinneloa</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laguna_Fire_(1993)" title="Laguna Fire (1993)">Laguna</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vision_Fire" title="Mount Vision Fire">Mount Vision</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendola_Fire" title="Pendola Fire">Pendola</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_Fire_(1999)" title="Jones Fire (1999)">Jones</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storrie_Fire" title="Storrie Fire">Storrie</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poe_Fire" title="Poe Fire">Poe</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Fire" title="Wolf Fire">Wolf</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_Fire" title="Copper Fire">Copper</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biscuit_Fire" title="Biscuit Fire">Biscuit</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McNally_Fire" title="McNally Fire">McNally</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curve_Fire" title="Curve Fire">Curve</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williams_Fire" title="Williams Fire">Williams</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Fire" title="Old Fire">Old</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simi_Fire" title="Simi Fire">Simi</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Fire" title="Cedar Fire">Cedar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_Fire" title="Power Fire">Power</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumsey_Fire" title="Rumsey Fire">Rumsey</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topanga_Fire" title="Topanga Fire">Topanga</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawtooth_Complex_Fire" title="Sawtooth Complex Fire">Sawtooth Complex</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_Fire" title="Day Fire">Day</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esperanza_Fire" title="Esperanza Fire">Esperanza</a> (2006)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2007_California_wildfires" title="2007 California wildfires">2007</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Island_Fire" title="Island Fire">Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angora_Fire" title="Angora Fire">Angora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaca_Fire" title="Zaca Fire">Zaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonlight_Fire" title="Moonlight Fire">Moonlight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2007_California_wildfires" title="October 2007 California wildfires">October 2007 wildfires</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buckweed_Fire" title="Buckweed Fire">Buckweed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_Fire" title="Harris Fire">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witch_Fire" title="Witch Fire">Witch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santiago_Fire" title="Santiago Fire">Santiago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_Fire" title="Rice Fire">Rice</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corral_Fire" title="Corral Fire">Corral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008_California_wildfires" title="2008 California wildfires">2008</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Summit_Fire_(2008)" title="Summit Fire (2008)">Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_Fire" title="Indians Fire">Indians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basin_Complex_Fire" title="Basin Complex Fire">Basin Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klamath_Theater_Complex_Fire" title="Klamath Theater Complex Fire">Klamath Theater Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gap_Fire_(2008)" title="Gap Fire (2008)">Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telegraph_Fire_(2008)" title="Telegraph Fire (2008)">Telegraph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sesnon_Fire" title="Sesnon Fire">Sesnon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_Fire" title="Tea Fire">Tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayre_Fire" title="Sayre Fire">Sayre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeway_Complex_Fire" title="Freeway Complex Fire">Freeway Complex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2009_California_wildfires" title="2009 California wildfires">2009</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesusita_Fire" title="Jesusita Fire">Jesusita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Brea_Fire" title="La Brea Fire">La Brea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Fire" title="Lockheed Fire">Lockheed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Station_Fire_(2009)" title="Station Fire (2009)">Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guiberson_Fire" title="Guiberson Fire"> Guiberson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2010_California_wildfires" title="2010 California wildfires">2010</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bull_Fire" title="Bull Fire">Bull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Fire" title="West Fire">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Fire" title="Crown Fire">Crown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2011_California_wildfires" title="2011 California wildfires">2011</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lion_Fire" title="Lion Fire">Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comanche_Complex_Fires" title="Comanche Complex Fires">Comanche Complex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2012_California_wildfires" title="2012 California wildfires">2012</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Fire" title="Reading Fire">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chips_Fire" title="Chips Fire">Chips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Point_Fire" title="Barry Point Fire">Barry Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_Fire" title="Rush Fire">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponderosa_Fire" title="Ponderosa Fire">Ponderosa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2013_California_wildfires" title="2013 California wildfires">2013</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Summit_Fire_(2013)" title="Summit Fire (2013)">Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springs_Fire" title="Springs Fire">Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powerhouse_Fire" title="Powerhouse Fire">Powerhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Fire_(2013)" title="Mountain Fire (2013)">Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Fire" title="Silver Fire">Silver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rim_Fire" title="Rim Fire">Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clover_Fire" title="Clover Fire">Clover</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2014_California_wildfires" title="2014 California wildfires">2014</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colby_Fire" title="Colby Fire">Colby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etiwanda_Fire" title="Etiwanda Fire">Etiwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2014_San_Diego_County_wildfires" title="May 2014 San Diego County wildfires">May 2014 San Diego County wildfires</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tomahawk_Fire" title="Tomahawk Fire">Tomahawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poinsettia_Fire" title="Poinsettia Fire">Poinsettia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocos_Fire" title="Cocos Fire">Cocos</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Fire" title="Shirley Fire">Shirley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butts_Fire" title="Butts Fire">Butts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bully_Fire" title="Bully Fire">Bully</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Camp_Complex_Fire" title="Happy Camp Complex Fire">Happy Camp Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadow_Fire" title="Meadow Fire">Meadow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Fire" title="King Fire">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boles_Fire" title="Boles Fire">Boles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2015_California_wildfires" title="2015 California wildfires">2015</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Round_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Round Fire">Round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Fire_(2015)" title="Lake Fire (2015)">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Fire_(2015)" title="North Fire (2015)">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wragg_Fire" title="Wragg Fire">Wragg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Fire" title="Rocky Fire">Rocky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mad_River_Complex_Fire" title="Mad River Complex Fire">Mad River Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humboldt_Complex_fires" title="Humboldt Complex fires">Humboldt Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frog_Fire" title="Frog Fire">Frog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rough_Fire" title="Rough Fire">Rough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Fire" title="Jerusalem Fire">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuesta_Fire" title="Cuesta Fire">Cuesta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte_Fire" title="Butte Fire">Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_Fire" title="Valley Fire">Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tassajara_Fire" title="Tassajara Fire">Tassajara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2016_California_wildfires" title="2016 California wildfires">2016</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sherpa_Fire" title="Sherpa Fire">Sherpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Fire" title="Border Fire">Border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Gabriel_Complex_Fire" title="San Gabriel Complex Fire">San Gabriel Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erskine_Fire" title="Erskine Fire">Erskine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trailhead_Fire" title="Trailhead Fire">Trailhead</a></li> <li>Curry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Fire_(2016)" title="Sand Fire (2016)">Sand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soberanes_Fire" title="Soberanes Fire">Soberanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_Fire_(wildfire)" title="Cold Fire (wildfire)">Cold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilot_Fire" title="Pilot Fire">Pilot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimney_Fire" title="Chimney Fire">Chimney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Fire" title="Clayton Fire">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Cut_Fire" title="Blue Cut Fire">Blue Cut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Fire" title="Rey Fire">Rey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogart_Fire" title="Bogart Fire">Bogart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canyon_Fire_(2016)" title="Canyon Fire (2016)">Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loma_Fire" title="Loma Fire">Loma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2017_California_wildfires" title="2017 California wildfires">2017</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gate_Fire" title="Gate Fire">Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holcomb_Fire" title="Holcomb Fire">Holcomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schaeffer_Fire" title="Schaeffer Fire">Schaeffer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon_August_Complex_Fire" title="Salmon August Complex Fire">Salmon August Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manzanita_Fire" title="Manzanita Fire">Manzanita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winters_Fire" title="Winters Fire">Winters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alamo_Fire_(2017)" title="Alamo Fire (2017)">Alamo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_Fire" title="Wall Fire">Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whittier_Fire" title="Whittier Fire">Whittier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garza_Fire" title="Garza Fire">Garza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detwiler_Fire" title="Detwiler Fire">Detwiler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Fire" title="Empire Fire">Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_2_Fire" title="Parker 2 Fire">Parker 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Fire" title="Young Fire">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pier_Fire" title="Pier Fire">Pier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railroad_Fire" title="Railroad Fire">Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponderosa_Fire_(2017)" title="Ponderosa Fire (2017)">Ponderosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mud_Fire" title="Mud Fire">Mud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slinkard_Fire" title="Slinkard Fire">Slinkard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helena_Fire" title="Helena Fire">Helena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Tuna_Fire" title="La Tuna Fire">La Tuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmer_Fire" title="Palmer Fire">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Fire" title="Mission Fire">Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2017_Northern_California_wildfires" title="October 2017 Northern California wildfires">October 2017 Northern California wildfires</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_Fire" title="Atlas Fire">Atlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubbs_Fire" title="Tubbs Fire">Tubbs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canyon_Fire_2" title="Canyon Fire 2">Canyon 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2017_Southern_California_wildfires" title="December 2017 Southern California wildfires">December 2017 Southern California wildfires</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fire" title="Thomas Fire">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creek_Fire_(2017)" title="Creek Fire (2017)">Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rye_Fire" title="Rye Fire">Rye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skirball_Fire" title="Skirball Fire">Skirball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilac_Fire" title="Lilac Fire">Lilac</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2018_California_wildfires" title="2018 California wildfires">2018</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lions_Fire" title="Lions Fire">Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lane_Fire" title="Lane Fire">Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawnee_Fire" title="Pawnee Fire">Pawnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waverly_Fire" title="Waverly Fire">Waverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Fire" title="County Fire">County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klamathon_Fire" title="Klamathon Fire">Klamathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_Fire_(2018)" title="Valley Fire (2018)">Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georges_Fire" title="Georges Fire">Georges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Fire" title="Ferguson Fire">Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natchez_Fire" title="Natchez Fire">Natchez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carr_Fire" title="Carr Fire">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranston_Fire" title="Cranston Fire">Cranston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendocino_Complex_Fire" title="Mendocino Complex Fire">Mendocino Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whaleback_Fire" title="Whaleback Fire">Whaleback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnell_Fire" title="Donnell Fire">Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Fire_(2018)" title="Holy Fire (2018)">Holy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirz_Fire" title="Hirz Fire">Hirz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_Fire" title="Delta Fire">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Fire_(2018)" title="Camp Fire (2018)">Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolsey_Fire" title="Woolsey Fire">Woolsey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2019_California_wildfires" title="2019 California wildfires">2019</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Fire_(2019)" title="Sand Fire (2019)">Sand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Butte_Fire" title="West Butte Fire">West Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucker_Fire" title="Tucker Fire">Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Fire_(2019)" title="Mountain Fire (2019)">Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenaja_Fire" title="Tenaja Fire">Tenaja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Fire_(2019)" title="Walker Fire (2019)">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taboose_Fire" title="Taboose Fire">Taboose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lime_Fire" title="Lime Fire">Lime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Bank_Fire" title="Red Bank Fire">Red Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Fire" title="South Fire">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Fire" title="Lone Fire">Lone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandalwood_Fire" title="Sandalwood Fire">Sandalwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddleridge_Fire" title="Saddleridge Fire">Saddleridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nustar_Fire" title="Nustar Fire">Nustar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincade_Fire" title="Kincade Fire">Kincade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tick_Fire" title="Tick Fire">Tick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Getty_Fire" title="Getty Fire">Getty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easy_Fire" title="Easy Fire">Easy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Fire" title="Maria Fire">Maria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: sandybrown;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2020_California_wildfires" title="2020 California wildfires">2020</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quail_Fire_(2020)" title="Quail Fire (2020)">Quail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Fire" title="Grant Fire">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crews_Fire" title="Crews Fire">Crews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soledad_Fire" title="Soledad Fire">Soledad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_Fire_(2020)" title="Mineral Fire (2020)">Mineral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Lassen_County_wildfires" title="2020 Lassen County wildfires">2020 Lassen County wildfires</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Fire_(2020)" title="Gold Fire (2020)">Gold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyalton_Fire" title="Loyalton Fire">Loyalton</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Salmon_Complex_fire" title="Red Salmon Complex fire">Red Salmon Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Fire" title="Apple Fire">Apple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2020_California_lightning_wildfires" title="August 2020 California lightning wildfires">August 2020 lightning wildfires</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Fire_(2020)" title="Lake Fire (2020)">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dome_Fire_(2020)" title="Dome Fire (2020)">Dome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Fire_(2020)" title="River Fire (2020)">River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CZU_Lightning_Complex_fires" title="CZU Lightning Complex fires">CZU Lightning Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SCU_Lightning_Complex_fires" title="SCU Lightning Complex fires">SCU Lightning Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_Complex_fire" title="August Complex fire">August Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LNU_Lightning_Complex_fires" title="LNU Lightning Complex fires">LNU Lightning Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Complex_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="North Complex fire">North Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SQF_Complex" title="SQF Complex">SQF Complex</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolan_Fire" title="Dolan Fire">Dolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creek_Fire_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Creek Fire (2020)">Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Dorado_Fire" title="El Dorado Fire">El Dorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobcat_Fire" title="Bobcat Fire">Bobcat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slater_and_Devil_fires" title="Slater and Devil fires">Slater/Devil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Fire_(2020)" title="Oak Fire (2020)">Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glass_Fire" title="Glass 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1,858.00 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_Fire" title="Park Fire">Park</a> <a href="/wiki/2024_California_wildfires" title="2024 California wildfires">(2024)</a> (428,808 acres, 1,735.32 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SCU_Lightning_Complex_fires" title="SCU Lightning Complex fires">SCU Lightning Complex</a> <a href="/wiki/2020_California_wildfires" title="2020 California wildfires">(2020)</a> (396,624 acres, 1,605.08 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creek_Fire_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Creek Fire (2020)">Creek</a> <a href="/wiki/2020_California_wildfires" title="2020 California wildfires">(2020)</a> (379,895 acres, 1,537.38 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LNU_Lightning_Complex_fires" title="LNU Lightning Complex fires">LNU Lightning Complex</a> <a href="/wiki/2020_California_wildfires" title="2020 California wildfires">(2020)</a> (363,220 acres, 1,469.9 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Complex_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="North Complex fire">North Complex</a> <a href="/wiki/2020_California_wildfires" title="2020 California wildfires">(2020)</a> (318,935 acres, 1,290.68 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santiago_Canyon_Fire" title="Santiago Canyon Fire">Santiago Canyon</a> (1889) (~300,000 acres, 1,200 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fire" title="Thomas Fire">Thomas</a> <a href="/wiki/2017_California_wildfires" title="2017 California wildfires">(2017)</a> (281,893 acres, 1,140.78 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Fire" title="Cedar Fire">Cedar</a> <a href="/wiki/2003_California_wildfires" title="2003 California wildfires">(2003)</a> (273,246 acres, 1,105.79 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_Fire" title="Rush Fire">Rush</a> <a href="/wiki/2012_California_wildfires" title="2012 California wildfires">(2012)</a> (271,911 acres, 1,100.38 km<sup>2</sup> in California)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rim_Fire" title="Rim Fire">Rim</a> <a href="/wiki/2013_California_wildfires" title="2013 California wildfires">(2013)</a> (257,314 acres, 1,041.31 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaca_Fire" title="Zaca Fire">Zaca</a> <a href="/wiki/2007_California_wildfires" title="2007 California wildfires">(2007)</a> (240,207 acres, 972.08 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carr_Fire" title="Carr Fire">Carr</a> <a href="/wiki/2018_California_wildfires" title="2018 California wildfires">(2018)</a> (229,651 acres, 929.36 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monument_Fire" title="Monument Fire">Monument</a> <a href="/wiki/2021_California_wildfires" title="2021 California wildfires">(2021)</a> (223,124 acres, 902.95 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldor_Fire" title="Caldor Fire">Caldor</a> <a href="/wiki/2021_California_wildfires" title="2021 California wildfires">(2021)</a> (221,835 acres, 897.73 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matilija_Fire" title="Matilija Fire">Matilija</a> (1932) (220,000 acres, 890 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Complex_2021_fires" title="River Complex 2021 fires">River Complex</a> <a href="/wiki/2021_California_wildfires" title="2021 California wildfires">(2021)</a> (199,359 acres, 806.78 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witch_Fire" title="Witch Fire">Witch</a> <a href="/wiki/2007_California_wildfires" title="2007 California wildfires">(2007)</a> (197,990 acres, 801.2 km<sup>2</sup>)</li></ol> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Note: The Santiago Canyon Fire dates before 1932, when reliable fire records began.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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