Agua Dulce Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, September 1970

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2582/agua-dulce-fire-1970

Key facts

Started September 25, 1970
Contained Not recorded
Burned 21,756 acres
9th largest fire of 1970
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 21,755 acres

Communities

  1. Santa Clarita 7,194 acres
  2. Agua Dulce 2,213 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. 1911 Unnamed fire 410 acres in total 344 acres shared
  2. 1913 Unnamed fire 505 acres in total 443 acres shared
  3. 1921 Unnamed fire 3,339 acres in total 545 acres shared
  4. 1922 Unnamed fire 1,659 acres in total 834 acres shared
  5. 1922 Unnamed fire 517 acres shared
  6. 1922 Mint Cyn Fire 20,512 acres in total 1,002 acres shared
  7. 1928 Walker No. 97 Fire 1,684 acres shared
  8. 1943 Evens Fire 571 acres in total 311 acres shared
  9. 1955 Unnamed fire 348 acres in total 343 acres shared
  10. 1958 Unnamed fire 4,168 acres in total 2,033 acres shared
  11. 1961 Unnamed fire 6,111 acres in total 5,215 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1978 Darling Fire 494 acres in total 439 acres shared
  2. 1979 Fall Cyn Fire 1,500 acres shared
  3. 1980 Pine Tree Fire 1,081 acres in total 960 acres shared
  4. 1980 Grassy Fire 461 acres shared
  5. 1984 Lumber Fire 499 acres in total 492 acres shared
  6. 1995 Freeway No Ii Fire 1,233 acres in total 378 acres shared
  7. 2001 Stables Fire 6,402 acres in total 326 acres shared
  8. 2007 Buckweed Fire 38,348 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 11,442 acres shared
  9. 2019 Tick Fire 4,582 acres in total 2,868 acres shared

And 85 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Agua Dulce 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