| Top 10 Largest California Wildfires (1) |
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| Rank |
Fire name (cause) |
Date |
County |
Acres |
Structures |
Deaths |
| 1 |
August Complex (Lightning) |
August 2020 |
Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity,
Tehama, Glenn, Lake and Colusa |
1,032,648 |
935 |
1 |
| 2 |
Dixie (Powerlines) |
July 2021 |
Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta
and Tehama |
963,309 |
1,311 |
1 |
| 3 |
Mendocino Complex (Human related) |
July 2018 |
Colusa, Lake, Mendocino
and Glenn |
459,123 |
280 |
1 |
| 4 |
SCU Lightning Complex (Lightning) |
August 2020 |
Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Joaquin |
396,625 |
225 |
0 |
| 5 |
Creek (Undetermined) |
September 2020 |
Fresno and Madera |
379,895 |
858 |
0 |
| 6 |
LNU Lightning Complex (Lightning/arson) |
August 2020 |
Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo, Lake and Colusa |
363,220 |
1,491 |
6 |
| 7 |
North Complex (Lightning) |
August 2020 |
Butte, Plumas and Yuba |
318,893 |
2,352 |
15 |
| 8 |
Thomas (Powerlines) |
December 2017 |
Ventura and Santa Barbara |
281,893 |
1,060 |
2 |
| 9 |
Cedar (Human related) |
October 2003 |
San Diego |
273,246 |
2,820 |
15 |
| 10 |
Rush (Lightning) |
August 2012 |
Lassen |
271,911 (2) |
0 |
0 |
(1) As of October 2022.
(2) In additon to the 271,911 acres in California, there were an addition 43,666 acres in Nevada.
Source: Calfire. |
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