C. Hanly Fire

Wildfire in Sonoma and Napa counties, September 1964

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2163/c-hanly-fire-1964

Key facts

Started September 19, 1964
Contained Not recorded
Burned 55,961 acres
2nd largest fire of 1964
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Sonoma County 33,036 acres
  2. Napa County 22,924 acres

Communities

  1. Santa Rosa 2,289 acres
  2. Larkfield-Wikiup 983 acres
  3. Calistoga 146 acres
  4. Windsor 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. 1939 Unnamed fire 213 acres in total 117 acres shared
  2. 1945 Unnamed fire 2,484 acres in total 317 acres shared
  3. 1950 P.g.& E. #4 Fire 1,133 acres in total 116 acres shared
  4. 1952 Oat Hill Mine Fire 2,667 acres in total 578 acres shared
  5. 1957 C. Scott Fire 274 acres in total 31 acres shared
  6. 1959 G. Heibel Fire 1,412 acres in total 827 acres shared
  7. 1960 Morrison Fire 538 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1965 P.g.& E.#10 Fire 13,172 acres in total 736 acres shared
  2. 1976 Ida Clayton Fire 502 acres in total 427 acres shared
  3. 1982 Silverado Fire 6,219 acres in total 6,082 acres shared
  4. 1996 Porter Creek Fire 536 acres shared
  5. 2001 Clayton Fire 198 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 171 acres shared
  6. 2007 Mountain Fire 49 acres shared
  7. 2013 Yellow Fire Cause: Power lines 84 acres shared
  8. 2017 Tubbs Fire 36,702 acres in total 30,361 acres shared
  9. 2019 Kincade Fire 77,762 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 3,176 acres shared
  10. 2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 251 acres shared
  11. 2020 Glass Fire 67,484 acres in total 15,636 acres shared
  12. 2024 Toll Fire 41 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 40 acres shared
  13. 2025 Pickett Fire 6,822 acres in total 4,164 acres shared

And 6 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the C. Hanly 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