Top 20 Most Destructive California Wildfires
FIRE NAME (CAUSE)

DATE

COUNTY

ACRES

STRUCTURES

DEATHS

November 2018

Butte County

153,336

18,804

86

October 2017

Napa & Sonoma

36,807

5,636

22

3 TUNNEL - Oakland Hills (Rekindle)

October 1991

Alameda

1,600

2,900

25

4 CEDAR (Human Related)

October 2003

San Diego

273,246

2,820

15

5 VALLEY (Electrical)

September 2015

Lake, Napa & Sonoma

76,067

1,955

4

6 WITCH (Powerlines)

October 2007

San Diego

197,990

1,650

2

November 2018

Ventura

96,949

1,643

3

July 2018

Shasta County, Trinity County

229,651

1,604

8

October 2017

Sonoma

54,382

1,355

3

December 2017

Ventura & Santa Barbara

281,893

1,063

2

11 OLD (Human Related)

October 2003

San Bernardino

91,281

1,003

6

12 JONES (Undetermined)

October 1999

Shasta

26,200

954

1

September 2015

Amador & Calaveras

70,868

921

2

October 2017

Napa & Solano

51,624

783

6

June 1990

Santa Barbara

4,900

641

1

August 1992

Shasta

63,960

636

0

17 SAYRE (Misc.)

November 2008

Los Angeles

11,262

604

0

18 CITY OF BERKELEY (Powerlines)

September 1923

Alameda

130

584

0

19 HARRIS (Under Investigation)

October 2007

San Diego

90,440

548

8

20 REDWOOD VALLEY ( Under Investigation)

October 2017

Mendocino

36,523

546

9

1*

Camp Fire (Under Investigation)

2

TUBBS (Under Investigation)

7* WOOLSEY (Under Investigation)
8 CARR (Human Related)
9 NUNS (Under Investigation)
10 THOMAS (Under Investigation)

13 BUTTE (Powerlines)
14 ATLAS (Under Investigation)
15 PAINT (Arson)
16 FOUNTAIN (Arson)

* The Thomas Fire information will likely change until the fire is contained.
* Fires are uncontained and totals are likely to change.
**"Structures" include homes, outbuildings (barns, garages, sheds, etc) and commercial properties destroyed.
***This list does not include fire jurisdiction. These are the Top 20 regardless of whether they were state, federal, or local responsibility.

1/8/2018