Wright Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, September 1970

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2590/wright-fire-1970

Key facts

Started September 25, 1970
Contained Not recorded
Burned 28,202 acres
7th largest fire of 1970
Cause Debris burning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 28,202 acres

Communities

  1. Malibu 3,274 acres
  2. Calabasas 3,203 acres
  3. Pepperdine University 344 acres
  4. Agoura Hills 79 acres
  5. Topanga 59 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. 1935 Malibu Fire 28,195 acres in total 7,563 acres shared
  2. 1936 Cold Creek No. 35 Fire 2,643 acres in total 987 acres shared
  3. 1942 Las Flores N. 47 Fire 5,841 acres in total 5,174 acres shared
  4. 1943 Woodland Hills #65 Fire 14,919 acres in total 10,046 acres shared
  5. 1953 Unnamed fire 587 acres in total 335 acres shared
  6. 1956 Hume Fire 2,194 acres in total 1,795 acres shared
  7. 1956 Sherwood/Zuma Fire 35,170 acres in total 3,385 acres shared
  8. 1958 Unnamed fire 4,240 acres in total 3,810 acres shared
  9. 1958 Unnamed fire 18,120 acres in total 9,724 acres shared
  10. 1967 Latigo Fire 2,869 acres in total 1,510 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1980 Las Virgenes Fire 2,521 acres shared
  2. 1982 Dayton Canyon Fire 43,097 acres in total 10,608 acres shared
  3. 1985 Piuma Fire 5,356 acres shared
  4. 1993 Old Topanga Fire 16,202 acres in total 9,043 acres shared
  5. 1996 Calabasas Fire 12,189 acres in total 12,049 acres shared
  6. 2007 Canyon Fire 3,839 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 3,735 acres shared
  7. 2007 Corral Fire 4,708 acres in total 4,108 acres shared
  8. 2018 Woolsey Fire 89,551 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 11,935 acres shared
  9. 2024 Franklin Fire 4,104 acres shared
  10. 2025 Palisades Fire 23,449 acres in total 4,407 acres shared

And 47 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Wright 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