Rancheria Fire

Wildfire in Amador County, September 1961

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1990/rancheria-fire-1961

Key facts

Started September 2, 1961
Contained Not recorded
Burned 34,104 acres
3rd largest fire of 1961
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Amador County 34,104 acres

Communities

  1. Drytown 1,232 acres
  2. Amador City 198 acres
  3. Sutter Creek 166 acres
  4. Fiddletown 23 acres
  5. Plymouth 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. 1951 Pacific Mine Fire 902 acres in total 378 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1964 Joses Series Fire 680 acres in total 191 acres shared
  2. 2003 Tonzi Fire 99 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 4 acres shared
  3. 2017 Tonzi Fire 22 acres in total 21 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Rancheria 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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