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Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in California

The top 25 of 58 California counties on GIS Map, ranked by the largest single wildfire recorded in the county since 1992.

#CountyLargest single fire
1Plumas County
963,309
2Glenn County
589,368
3Butte County
429,603
4Mendocino County
410,203
5Santa Clara County
396,624
6Fresno County
379,895
7Trinity County
328,363
8Lassen County
315,579
9Napa County
305,651
10Ventura County
281,893
11Tuolumne County
255,858
12Santa Barbara County
240,207
13Shasta County
229,651
14El Dorado County
221,835
15San Diego County
197,990
16Kern County
174,178
17Monterey County
162,818
18Los Angeles County
160,371
19Siskiyou County
157,270
20Humboldt County
142,386
21Tulare County
97,528
22San Bernardino County
93,078
23Yolo County
90,288
24San Mateo County
86,509
25Mariposa County
81,826

Source: USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024). All counties with data are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in California”, https://gismap.land/rankings/california/largest-wildfire-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).

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