2021 Incident Archive

  • 535,819
    Total Emergency Responses
  • 7,396
    Wildfires
  • 2,569,386
    Acres Burned
  • 3
    Fatalities:
    0 Civilian / 3 Firefighter
  • 3,846

    Structures:
    286 Damaged / 3,560 Destroyed

Layers

2021 Incidents
Incident Counties Started Acres Containment
Dixie Fire Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama 7/13/2021 963,309
100%
Monument Fire Trinity 7/30/2021 223,124
100%
Caldor Fire El Dorado, Alpine, Amador 8/14/2021 221,835
100%
River Complex Siskiyou, Trinity 7/30/2021 199,359
100%
Antelope Fire Siskiyou 8/01/2021 145,632
100%
McFarland Fire Shasta, Trinity, Tehama 7/30/2021 122,653
100%
Beckwourth Complex Plumas 7/04/2021 105,670
100%
McCash Fire Siskiyou 8/18/2021 94,962
100%
Tamarack Fire Alpine 7/04/2021 68,637
100%
Lava Fire Siskiyou 6/24/2021 26,409
100%
Alisal Fire Santa Barbara 10/11/2021 16,970
100%
Salt Fire Shasta 6/30/2021 12,660
100%
Tennant Fire Siskiyou 6/28/2021 10,580
100%
River Fire Mariposa 7/11/2021 9,656
100%
Walkers Fire Tulare 8/16/2021 8,777
100%
Fawn Fire Shasta 9/22/2021 8,578
100%
Southern Fire San Diego 5/02/2021 5,366
100%
Dexter Fire Mono 7/12/2021 2,965
100%
Willow Fire Monterey 6/18/2021 2,877
100%
River Fire Nevada, Placer 8/04/2021 2,619
100%
Knob Fire Humboldt 8/29/2021 2,421
100%
Peak Fire Kern 7/20/2021 2,098
100%
Shell Fire Kern 6/27/2021 1,984
100%
Chaparral Fire Riverside, San Diego 8/28/2021 1,427
100%
Henry Fire Alpine 6/25/2021 1,320
100%
Nettle Fire Tulare 6/18/2021 1,265
100%
Palisades Fire Los Angeles 5/14/2021 1,202
100%
Sargents Fire Monterey 5/30/2021 1,118
100%
Juniper Fire Modoc 7/05/2021 1,011
100%
Sierra Fire San Diego 6/09/2021 1,000
100%
Intanko Fire Yuba 6/08/2021 939
100%
Refuge Fire Siskiyou 3/27/2021 873
100%
Tumbleweed Fire Los Angeles 7/04/2021 868
100%
Wolf Fire Kern 1/19/2021 865
100%
Success Fire Tulare 6/18/2021 800
100%
Cow Fire Shasta 6/20/2021 761
100%
South Fire San Bernardino 8/25/2021 680
100%
North Fire Los Angeles 4/28/2021 650
100%
Airola Fire Calaveras 8/25/2021 639
100%
Inyo Creek Fire Inyo 6/19/2021 592
100%
Antelope Fire Modoc 6/22/2021 580
100%
Alabama Fire Inyo 6/18/2021 560
100%
Gunnison Fire Butte 5/08/2021 550
100%
Overland Fire San Diego 6/19/2021 515
100%
Mile Fire Stanislaus 5/27/2021 508
100%
Route Fire Los Angeles 9/11/2021 464
100%
Kettle Fire Kings 10/11/2021 447
100%
Pine Fire Los Angeles 5/12/2021 442
100%
Bridge Fire Placer 9/05/2021 411
100%
Park Fire Butte 6/17/2021 402
100%
Main Fire Tulare 7/03/2021 384
100%
Bradley Fire Siskiyou 7/11/2021 357
100%
Mesa Fire San Diego 6/23/2021 350
100%
Flats Fire Riverside 6/13/2021 341
100%
Hungry Fire Los Angeles 7/31/2021 340
100%
WeeVill Fire Los Angeles 5/20/2021 300
100%
Davis Fire Riverside 5/18/2021 300
100%
Rock Fire Riverside 8/24/2021 295
100%
Blue Fire Fresno 6/30/2021 277
100%
Hopkins Fire Mendocino 9/12/2021 257
100%
Farm Fire San Bernardino 6/09/2021 250
100%
Erbes Fire Ventura 1/14/2021 250
100%
Bridge Fire Riverside 5/05/2021 226
100%
Canyon Fire Kern 6/26/2021 220
100%
Gravel Fire Modoc 10/15/2021 200
100%
Turnout Fire Mendocino 4/18/2021 200
100%
Live Oak Fire Mariposa 5/27/2021 197
100%
Glen Fire Yuba 8/11/2021 184
100%
Towsley Fire Los Angeles 1/19/2021 184
100%
Ysabel Fire San Diego 7/03/2021 173
100%
Pinnacles Fire Monterey 7/28/2021 171
100%
Dairy Fire Tehama 6/15/2021 165
100%
Westward Fire Riverside 8/25/2021 160
100%
Campo Fire Calaveras 4/29/2021 160
100%
Robie Fire Calaveras 7/30/2021 153
100%
Hollow Fire San Joaquin 10/24/2021 150
100%
Beale Fire Yuba 6/13/2021 150
100%
Estrada Fire Santa Cruz 10/15/2021 148
100%
Panoche Fire San Benito 6/23/2021 145
100%
Vulcan Fire Fresno 6/27/2021 140
100%
4-3 Fire Modoc 6/24/2021 134
100%
Newell Fire Napa 10/11/2021 132
100%
Diablo Fire Contra Costa 7/11/2021 128
100%
Coyote Fire Lake 8/13/2021 127
100%
Stowe Fire Riverside 6/28/2021 122
100%
Beswick Fire Siskiyou 6/28/2021 118
100%
Granite Fire Calaveras 5/08/2021 118
100%
Fremont Fire Napa, Sonoma 9/22/2021 116
100%
Lake Fire Riverside 5/24/2021 115
100%
Coyote Fire Modoc 7/09/2021 110
100%
Rock Fire Shasta 6/15/2021 108
100%
Washington Fire Tuolumne 8/26/2021 100
100%
Park Fire Tulare 7/26/2021 100
100%
Fields Fire Merced 5/14/2021 97
100%
Bautista Fire Riverside 6/19/2021 95
100%
Luis Fire Merced 4/24/2021 93
100%
Basalt Fire Merced 7/09/2021 92
100%
Road Fire San Diego 7/10/2021 86
100%
Grapevine Fire Kern 3/14/2021 86
100%
Evans Fire Plumas 7/29/2021 85
100%
Cache Fire Lake 8/18/2021 83
100%
Maxwell Fire Trinity 10/05/2021 80
100%
Broiler Fire Mendocino 7/07/2021 80
100%
River Fire Sutter 4/19/2021 80
100%
Sky Fire Butte 6/27/2021 76
100%
Tobin Fire San Luis Obispo 7/31/2021 75
100%
Fish Fire Fresno 7/04/2021 75
100%
University Fire San Bernardino 9/22/2021 71
100%
Bear Fire Kern 7/11/2021 71
100%
Caballo Fire Santa Barbara 9/06/2021 70
100%
Goose Fire Amador 6/13/2021 67
100%
Sky Fire Lake 4/29/2021 65
100%
Railroad Fire San Bernardino 8/29/2021 61
100%
House Fire Shasta 8/04/2021 60
100%
Canal Fire Trinity 10/14/2021 59
100%
Bennett Fire Nevada 8/25/2021 59
100%
Hambone Fire Siskiyou 8/06/2021 55
100%
Chicken Fire Lassen 7/18/2021 55
100%
Aruba Fire San Diego 9/05/2021 54
100%
Clevenger Fire San Diego 6/20/2021 53
100%
Roadside Fire San Bernardino 8/28/2021 50
100%
Bell Fire Mendocino 8/14/2021 50
100%
Antonio Fire Los Angeles 8/03/2021 50
100%
Hiding Fire Shasta 8/01/2021 50
100%
Quail Fire Riverside 7/20/2021 50
100%
Pine Fire Shasta 6/23/2021 50
100%
Buck Fire Madera 6/06/2021 50
100%
Wolves Fire Kern 4/23/2021 50
100%
Crane Fire Kern 6/18/2021 48
100%
Lawrence Fire Amador 9/05/2021 46
100%
Frenchtown Fire Yuba 7/20/2021 45
100%
Smalley Fire Madera 5/31/2021 45
100%
Settlers Fire El Dorado 5/19/2021 45
100%
Lassen Fire Marin 9/01/2021 44
100%
Dillard Fire Sacramento 5/08/2021 44
100%
Fork Fire Tehama 7/17/2021 43
100%
Cannon Fire Tehama 7/14/2021 43
100%
Coyote Fire Riverside 6/02/2021 43
100%
72 Fire Riverside 1/19/2021 43
100%
Childrens Fire Madera 9/19/2021 42
100%
Watt Fire Placer 6/21/2021 42
100%
Pomo Fire Lake 6/17/2021 42
100%
Paseo Fire Santa Clara 6/25/2021 37
100%
Freedom Fire Santa Cruz 1/19/2021 37
100%
Dolicini Fire Marin 7/14/2021 35
100%
Lilly Fire Madera 6/28/2021 35
100%
Peak Fire San Bernardino 6/28/2021 35
100%
Silicon Fire Santa Clara 6/14/2021 35
100%
Quail Fire Yuba 5/12/2021 35
100%
Woodman Fire Shasta 4/01/2021 35
100%
Creek Fire Yolo 6/09/2021 34
100%
Creek Fire Riverside 5/04/2021 32
100%
Salmon Fire El Dorado 5/01/2021 32
100%
Border 13 Fire San Diego 7/15/2021 30
100%
R-1 Fire Lassen 5/14/2021 29
100%
Scott Fire Riverside 6/01/2021 28
100%
Paso Fire San Diego 4/12/2021 28
100%
Mountain Fire Trinity 7/23/2021 25
100%
Slope Fire Fresno 5/31/2021 25
100%
Bluff Fire Humboldt 5/21/2021 25
100%
Westwood Fire Ventura 4/04/2021 25
100%
Arlanza Fire Riverside 11/21/2021 24
100%
View Fire Tehama 10/11/2021 24
100%
Line Fire Tuolumne 3/28/2021 23
100%
Manzanita Fire Madera 1/19/2021 23
100%
Middle Fire Sonoma 8/13/2021 22
100%
China Grade Fire Santa Cruz 1/18/2021 22
100%
Nelson Fire Shasta 8/07/2021 20
100%
76 Fire Riverside 6/20/2021 20
100%
Panther Ridge Fire Santa Cruz 1/19/2021 20
100%
Bonny Doone Complex (Previously Fanning Fire) Santa Cruz 1/19/2021 20
100%
Tomki Fire Mendocino 5/21/2021 18
100%
Parkside Fire Riverside 5/19/2021 17
100%
K-Rail Humboldt 8/30/2021 16
100%
Kathryn Fire Riverside 6/15/2021 15
100%
North Butano Fire San Mateo 1/18/2021 15
100%
Steins Fire El Dorado 6/26/2021 11
100%
Antelope Fire Tulare 6/18/2021 11
100%
Mule Fire Shasta 8/25/2021 10
100%
Equestrian Fire El Dorado 6/16/2021 10
100%
Emigrant Fire Los Angeles 9/17/2021 External Incident Link
KNP Complex Tulare 9/10/2021 External Incident Link
Windy Fire Tulare 9/09/2021 External Incident Link
French Fire Kern 8/18/2021 External Incident Link
Sugar Fire Plumas 7/02/2021
R-1 Fire Lassen 6/30/2021
The information presented here reflects what is known to CAL FIRE and is updated frequently. Learn more about data processing

2021 Fire Year

The 2021 wildfire season in California experienced an unusually early start amid an ongoing drought and historically low rainfall and reservoir levels. In January 2021 alone, 297 fires burned 1,171 acres on nonfederal land, which is almost triple the number of fires and more than 20 times the acreage of the five-year average for January. In July, more than three times as many acres had burned compared to the previous year through that date, with drought, extreme heat, and reduced snowpack contributing to the severity of the fires. On August 18, 2021, the state of California was facing "unprecedented fire conditions" as multiple fires including the Dixie Fire, McFarland Fire, Caldor Fire, and others raged on. In October, the state of California, especially in the Northern regions where most of the fires were located, received its first rain in over 200 days reducing the wildfire risk for much of the state.

Pictured: The Dixie Fire, which began in the Feather River Canyon and burned 963k acres in July of 2021.

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