Fish Fork Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, September 1953

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1246/fish-fork-fire-1953

Key facts

Started September 9, 1953
Contained Not recorded
Burned 24,610 acres
4th largest fire of 1953
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Los Angeles County 24,002 acres
  2. San Bernardino County 607 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1903 Unnamed fire 3,269 acres in total 124 acres shared
  2. 1909 Shoemaker Fire 451 acres in total 3 acres shared
  3. 1912 Unnamed fire 84 acres in total 2 acres shared
  4. 1916 Sheep Mt. Fire 371 acres shared
  5. 1919 San Gabriel Fire 54,610 acres in total 9,238 acres shared
  6. 1937 Fish Fork Cyn #155 Fire 870 acres shared
  7. 1937 Fish Fork Fire 261 acres shared
  8. 1937 Fish Fork Fire 148 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1960 Unnamed fire 15,014 acres in total 924 acres shared
  2. 1970 Fork/Usfs Fire 4,234 acres in total 1,370 acres shared
  3. 1994 Heaton Fire 594 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 228 acres shared
  4. 1996 Bichota Fire 1,573 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 334 acres shared
  5. 1997 Horn Fire 41 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 36 acres shared
  6. 1997 Narrows Fire 18,160 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 12,390 acres shared
  7. 2002 Curve Fire 20,871 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,277 acres shared
  8. 2002 Williams Fire 38,119 acres in total · Cause: Arson 183 acres shared
  9. 2006 Nowhere Fire Cause: Campfire 213 acres shared
  10. 2012 Williams Fire 4,192 acres in total 1,353 acres shared
  11. 2014 Shoemaker Fire 190 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 133 acres shared
  12. 2024 Bridge Fire 55,724 acres in total 19,605 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Fish Fork Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

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