Camp 7 Fire

Wildfire in El Dorado County, October 1959

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1846/camp-7-fire-1959

Key facts

Started October 29, 1959
Contained Not recorded
Burned 10,226 acres
11th largest fire of 1959
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. El Dorado County 10,226 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. 1916 Unnamed fire 2,132 acres in total 1,289 acres shared
  2. 1916 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 73 acres shared
  3. 1919 Silver Ck Fire 27 acres shared
  4. 1919 Old Pino #1 Fire 28 acres shared
  5. 1919 Sand Mt Fire 1,874 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 354 acres shared
  6. 1920 Unnamed fire 77 acres shared
  7. 1920 American River Fire 366 acres in total 9 acres shared
  8. 1923 Unnamed fire 13 acres shared
  9. 1924 Unnamed fire 497 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7 acres shared
  10. 1928 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 134 acres shared
  11. 1931 Unnamed fire 93 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 92 acres shared
  12. 1936 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 20 acres shared
  13. 1936 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 18 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1960 Unnamed fire 11,213 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9,249 acres shared
  2. 1990 Unnamed fire Cause: Debris burning 8 acres shared
  3. 1994 Unnamed fire 58 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 45 acres shared
  4. 1999 Saddle Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 10 acres shared
  5. 2014 King Fire 97,685 acres in total · Cause: Arson 10,178 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Camp 7 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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