List of California wildfires - Wikipedia
Satellite image from October, 2003 including Cedar Fire, one of the largest wildfires in California history. Starting in 2001, the National Interagency Fire Center began keeping more accurate …
10 largest wildfires in California history by acreage
Jul 30, 2024 · The Tubbs Fire, which burned 36,807 acres in Napa and Sonoma counties, destroyed 5,636 structures and caused 22 deaths, making it No. 2 on the list of most …
The 5 Largest and Most Destructive Fires in California’s History
Jan 11, 2025 · The largest wildfire in California history, ... The deadliest wildfire in California’s history, the Camp Fire claimed 85 lives and destroyed the town of Paradise. Over 150,000 …
History of California Wildfires | WFCA
Nov 17, 2022 · The Earliest Records of Fire in California. The earliest known wildfire in California history was the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889. It burned around 300,000 acres in parts of …
20 largest wildfires in California history by acreage
Sep 20, 2021 · All but three of the 20 largest fires on record in California occurred within the past two decades, and 10 of them came in 2018 or later. That includes four active wildfires that …
What were the biggest, most destructive fires in California history?
Jan 10, 2025 · The five most destructive wildfires in California history. Camp fire (2018) in Butte County: 18,804 structures destroyed; Tubbs fire (2017) in Napa and Sonoma counties: 5,636...
Whatʼs the biggest fire in california history? - California …
Jan 8, 2025 · The Camp Fire: The Largest Fire in California’s History. The Camp Fire, which burned for 17 days in November 2018, left a total of 153,336 acres (219 square miles) in …
Top 5 Largest Wildfires In California History
Not only did 2020 bring unprecedented suffering in terms of a global pandemic, three of the five largest fires in California history burned a total of 1.8 million acres that year. With a multi-year …
The 7 Largest Wildfires in California History - Safer America
Sep 30, 2022 · Here are the 7 largest wildfires that have ever taken place in California’s history with some information on how they started and how the state has or still is dealing with them: …
Largest Wildfires in California history | RainViewer Blog
Feb 21, 2023 · On September 9, the Doe Fire became the largest wildfire and the biggest fire complex in California history as of 2020. By the time of full containment on November 12, the …