Liebre Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, June 1968

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2360/liebre-fire-1968

Key facts

Started June 21, 1968
Contained Not recorded
Burned 48,564 acres
Largest fire of 1968
Cause Not recorded

Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 48,564 acres

Community

  1. Castaic 197 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. 1922 Unnamed fire 1,357 acres in total 1,294 acres shared
  2. 1922 Unnamed fire 1,162 acres in total 988 acres shared
  3. 1922 Unnamed fire 1,400 acres in total 825 acres shared
  4. 1923 Unnamed fire 1,754 acres in total 1,053 acres shared
  5. 1923 Unnamed fire 948 acres in total 890 acres shared
  6. 1923 Ridge Fire 1,007 acres in total 641 acres shared
  7. 1923 Ridge Fire 1,044 acres in total 951 acres shared
  8. 1927 Liebre Fire 17,957 acres in total 5,675 acres shared
  9. 1928 Carmicheal Ranch #14 Fire 1,543 acres in total 941 acres shared
  10. 1928 Ridge Route No. 60 Fire 742 acres shared
  11. 1928 Ridge #98 Fire 43,472 acres in total 4,446 acres shared
  12. 1932 National Forest Inn Fire 1,076 acres in total 1,009 acres shared
  13. 1943 Redrock Fire 1,799 acres in total 975 acres shared
  14. 1943 Redrock No. 2 Fire 4,398 acres in total 1,296 acres shared
  15. 1946 Unnamed fire 3,649 acres shared
  16. 1950 Cienega Fire 6,682 acres in total 2,729 acres shared
  17. 1967 Brickyard Fire 5,824 acres in total 999 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1996 Marple Fire 19,861 acres in total 12,341 acres shared
  2. 2020 Lake Fire 30,999 acres in total 1,758 acres shared
  3. 2022 Route Fire 5,228 acres in total 3,851 acres shared

And 99 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Liebre 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