Kelsey Mill Fire

Wildfire in El Dorado County, September 1961

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1986/kelsey-mill-fire-1961

Key facts

Started September 2, 1961
Contained Not recorded
Burned 11,816 acres
7th largest fire of 1961
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. El Dorado County 11,816 acres

Community

  1. Coloma 528 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 4,306 acres in total 793 acres shared
  2. 1916 Unnamed fire 480 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 316 acres shared
  3. 1916 Unnamed fire 1,860 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 286 acres shared
  4. 1916 Unnamed fire 9 acres shared
  5. 1918 Unnamed fire 270 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 30 acres shared
  6. 1922 Unnamed fire 2,450 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,049 acres shared
  7. 1931 Unnamed fire 8,284 acres in total 30 acres shared
  8. 1933 Unnamed fire 1,488 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,435 acres shared
  9. 1934 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 24 acres shared
  10. 1942 Unnamed fire 165 acres in total 112 acres shared
  11. 1943 Unnamed fire 1,800 acres in total 185 acres shared
  12. 1952 Kelsey Fire 417 acres shared
  13. 1954 Unnamed fire 14,710 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 11,404 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1994 Kelsey Fire 813 acres in total · Cause: Arson 59 acres shared
  2. 2001 Murphy Fire 99 acres shared
  3. 2006 Mule Fire 78 acres shared
  4. 2007 Bayne Fire Cause: Arson 126 acres shared
  5. 2020 Murphy Fire Cause: Power lines 13 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Kelsey Mill 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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