Gale Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, November 1957

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1640/gale-fire-1957

Key facts

Started November 21, 1957
Contained Not recorded
Burned 24,708 acres
Largest fire of 1957
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 24,708 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. 1900 Big Fire 16,961 acres in total 288 acres shared
  2. 1910 Unnamed fire 106 acres in total 52 acres shared
  3. 1912 Devil's Canyon Fire 3,297 acres in total 528 acres shared
  4. 1915 Unnamed fire 15,096 acres in total 5,635 acres shared
  5. 1919 San Gabriel Fire 54,610 acres in total 4,034 acres shared
  6. 1924 Unnamed fire 65 acres in total 64 acres shared
  7. 1924 San Gabriel Fire 43,050 acres in total 12,467 acres shared
  8. 1953 Monrovia Peak Fire 14,061 acres in total 362 acres shared
  9. 1954 Monrovia Peak Fire 13,870 acres in total 331 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1958 Unnamed fire 13,944 acres in total 271 acres shared
  2. 1960 Unnamed fire 15,014 acres in total 1,203 acres shared
  3. 1968 Canyon Inn Fire 19,056 acres in total 2,486 acres shared
  4. 1986 Tecalote Fire 3,987 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 3,565 acres shared
  5. 1997 Canyon Ii Fire 3,825 acres in total 94 acres shared
  6. 1999 Bridge Fire 7,234 acres in total · Cause: Arson 870 acres shared
  7. 2002 Curve Fire 20,871 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,676 acres shared
  8. 2009 Station Fire 160,833 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,352 acres shared
  9. 2014 Tecolote Fire 269 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 215 acres shared
  10. 2020 Ranch2 Fire 4,119 acres in total 151 acres shared
  11. 2020 Bobcat Fire 115,998 acres in total 22,684 acres shared

And 7 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Gale 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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