| Top 10 Largest California Wildfires (1) |
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| Rank |
Fire name and cause |
Date |
County |
Acres |
Structures |
Deaths |
| 1 |
Mendocino Complex (Under investigation) |
July 2018 |
Colusa County, Lake County,
Mendocino County and Glenn County |
459,123 |
280 |
1 |
| 2 |
Thomas (Power lines) |
December 2017 |
Ventura and Santa Barbara |
281,893 |
1,063 |
2 |
| 3 |
Cedar (Human related) |
October 2003 |
San Diego |
273,246 |
2,820 |
15 |
| 4 |
Rush (Lightning) |
August 2012 |
Lassen |
271,911 CA/43,666 NV |
0 |
0 |
| 5 |
Rim (Human related) |
August 2013 |
Tuolumne |
257,314 |
112 |
0 |
| 6 |
Zaca (Human related) |
July 2007 |
Santa Barbara |
240,207 |
1 |
0 |
| 7 |
Carr (Human related) |
July 2018 |
Shasta County, Trinity County |
229,651 |
1,604 |
8 |
| 8 |
Matilija (Undetermined) |
September 1932 |
Ventura |
220,000 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
Witch (Power lines) |
October 2007 |
San Diego |
197,990 |
1,650 |
2 |
| 10 |
Klamath Theater Complex (Lightning) |
June 2008 |
Siskiyou |
192,038 |
0 |
2 |
(1) As of August 8, 2019.
Source: CalFire. |
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