Woodwardia Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, October 1959

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1842/woodwardia-fire-1959

Key facts

Started October 13, 1959
Contained Not recorded
Burned 14,403 acres
4th largest fire of 1959
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 14,403 acres

Communities

  1. Pasadena 552 acres
  2. La Cañada Flintridge 439 acres
  3. Los Angeles 178 acres
  4. Altadena 2 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. 1878 Unnamed fire 59,469 acres in total 3,386 acres shared
  2. 1896 Unnamed fire 7,532 acres in total 4,556 acres shared
  3. 1900 Big Fire 2,521 acres in total 68 acres shared
  4. 1910 Unnamed fire 40 acres in total 39 acres shared
  5. 1913 Unnamed fire 7,017 acres in total 642 acres shared
  6. 1919 Ravenna Fire 70,796 acres in total 299 acres shared
  7. 1925 Hell Hole Fire 5,731 acres in total 2,683 acres shared
  8. 1930 Supervisor #18 Fire 83 acres shared
  9. 1933 Montrose/La Cresc Fire 5,095 acres in total 635 acres shared
  10. 1934 Brown Mtn No. 29 Fire 3,772 acres in total 2,900 acres shared
  11. 1935 Las Flores No. 57 Fire 2,521 acres in total 68 acres shared
  12. 1947 Unnamed fire 3,696 acres in total 85 acres shared
  13. 1955 Unnamed fire 408 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1975 Mill/Usfs Fire 51,220 acres in total 3,105 acres shared
  2. 1984 Crest Fire 606 acres in total 367 acres shared
  3. 1997 Fern Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 42 acres shared
  4. 1999 Fern Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 69 acres shared
  5. 2002 Wildwood Fire 113 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 48 acres shared
  6. 2006 Dark Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 35 acres shared
  7. 2009 Station Fire 160,833 acres in total · Cause: Arson 14,318 acres shared

And 15 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Woodwardia 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