Sherwood/Zuma Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, December 1956

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1548/sherwoodzuma-fire-1956

Key facts

Started December 28, 1956
Contained Not recorded
Burned 35,170 acres
2nd largest fire of 1956
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Los Angeles County 25,766 acres
  2. Ventura County 9,404 acres

Communities

  1. Malibu 7,065 acres
  2. Thousand Oaks 1,378 acres
  3. Lake Sherwood 1,101 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. 1930 Potrero No. 42 Fire 20,393 acres in total 11,325 acres shared
  2. 1935 Malibu Fire 28,195 acres in total 17,737 acres shared
  3. 1943 Woodland Hills #65 Fire 14,919 acres in total 3,512 acres shared
  4. 1946 Dume No. 76 Fire 212 acres shared
  5. 1955 Ventu Park Fire 13,957 acres in total 828 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1958 Unnamed fire 18,120 acres in total 7,954 acres shared
  2. 1967 Latigo Fire 2,869 acres in total 2,813 acres shared
  3. 1970 Wright Fire 28,202 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 3,385 acres shared
  4. 1976 Los Robles Fire 2,246 acres in total 812 acres shared
  5. 1977 Carlisle Fire 1,377 acres in total 304 acres shared
  6. 1978 Trancas Fire 209 acres shared
  7. 1978 Kanan Fire 25,589 acres in total 13,709 acres shared
  8. 1982 Dayton Canyon Fire 43,097 acres in total 7,246 acres shared
  9. 1985 Decker Fire 6,567 acres in total 4,906 acres shared
  10. 1989 Pacific Fire 3,180 acres in total 276 acres shared
  11. 1993 Green Meadows Fire 38,479 acres in total 9,000 acres shared
  12. 1996 Calabasas Fire 12,189 acres in total 1,243 acres shared
  13. 2003 Pacific Fire Cause: Non-firefighter training 801 acres shared
  14. 2007 Corral Fire 4,708 acres in total 2,706 acres shared
  15. 2018 Woolsey Fire 89,551 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 29,054 acres shared

And 27 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sherwood/Zuma 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