Ventu Park Fire (1955): burned area, damage and fire history

Key facts

Started	November 7, 1955
Contained	Not recorded
Burned	13,957 acres 7th largest fire of 1955
Cause	Not recorded

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Where it burned

County

Ventura County 13,955 acres

Community

Thousand Oaks 172 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

1930 Potrero No. 42 Fire 20,393 acres in total 8,588 acres shared
1947 La Fouge Fire 506 acres shared
1951 Houston Fire 565 acres shared

Burned again

1956 Sherwood/Zuma Fire 35,170 acres in total 828 acres shared
1973 Potrero Fire 12,298 acres in total 2,084 acres shared
1985 Decker Fire 6,567 acres in total 23 acres shared
1988 Sycamore Fire 368 acres in total 292 acres shared
1989 Pacific Fire 3,180 acres in total 2,427 acres shared
1993 Green Meadows Fire 38,479 acres in total 12,742 acres shared
2010 Deer Creek Fire 4 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 3 acres shared
2013 Springs Fire 23,677 acres in total 6,928 acres shared
2018 Woolsey Fire 89,551 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 5,926 acres shared
2019 Potrero Fire 11 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Ventu Park 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

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data