| Top 10 Most Destructive California Wildfires (1) |
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| Rank |
Fire name and cause |
Date |
County |
Acres |
Structures |
Deaths |
| 1 |
Camp Fire (Power lines) |
November 2018 |
Butte |
153,336 |
18,804 |
85 |
| 2 |
Tubbs (Electrical) |
October 2017 |
Napa and 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 |
North Complex (Under investigation) (2) |
August 2020 |
Butte, Plumas and Yuba |
318,930 |
2,352 |
15 |
| 6 |
Valley (Electrical) |
September 2015 |
Lake, Napa and Sonoma |
76,067 |
1,955 |
4 |
| 7 |
Witch (Power lines) |
October 2007 |
San Diego |
197,990 |
1,650 |
2 |
| 8 |
Woolsey (Under investigation) |
November 2017 |
Ventura |
96,949 |
1,643 |
3 |
| 9 |
Carr (Human related) |
July 2008 |
Shasta County and Trinity |
229,651 |
1,614 |
8 |
| 10 |
Glass fire (Under investigation) (2) |
September 2020 |
Napa and Sonoma |
67,484 |
1,520 |
0 |
(1) As of October 20, 2020.
(2) Numbers not final.
Source: Calfire. |
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