Calumet Canyon Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, October 1958

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1746/calumet-canyon-fire-1958

Key facts

Started October 21, 1958
Contained Not recorded
Burned 17,214 acres
3rd largest fire of 1958
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 17,212 acres

Community

  1. Moorpark 98 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. 1943 Jones Canyon Fire 522 acres shared
  2. 1944 Long Canyon Fire 462 acres in total 393 acres shared
  3. 1946 Wiley Canyon Fire 21,266 acres in total 14,240 acres shared
  4. 1953 Shields Lease Fire 11,775 acres in total 5,637 acres shared
  5. 1956 Bi Brush Fire 1,591 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1962 Culbert Fire 5,314 acres in total 24 acres shared
  2. 1967 Sence Ranch Fire 18,354 acres in total 3,043 acres shared
  3. 1970 Clampitt Fire 115,537 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 12,776 acres shared
  4. 1971 Sence Ranch Brush #2 Fire 2,819 acres in total 2 acres shared
  5. 1984 Grimes Fire 11,305 acres in total 8,705 acres shared
  6. 1986 Bradley Fire 9,229 acres in total 78 acres shared
  7. 1990 Shiells Fire 403 acres in total 376 acres shared
  8. 2003 Simi Fire 107,570 acres in total 14,865 acres shared
  9. 2006 Shekell Fire 13,618 acres in total 6,013 acres shared
  10. 2009 Guiberson Fire 17,527 acres in total 10,423 acres shared
  11. 2013 Bardsdale Fire 12 acres in total 8 acres shared
  12. 2019 South Fire 131 acres shared
  13. 2019 Maria Fire 10,043 acres in total 38 acres shared
  14. 2024 Balcom Fire 2 acres shared
  15. 2024 Mountain Fire 19,902 acres in total 5,528 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Calumet Canyon 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