Barkerville Fire

Wildfire in Lake County, September 1973

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2775/barkerville-fire-1973

Key facts

Started September 1, 1973
Contained September 4, 1973, after 3 days
Burned 26,428 acres
Largest fire of 1973
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Lake County 26,428 acres

Community

  1. Spring Valley 2,170 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. 1929 Mccullough Cabin Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,514 acres shared
  2. 1931 Dow #2 Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,230 acres shared
  3. 1932 Long Valley Fire 6,910 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,828 acres shared
  4. 1950 Little Stoney Fire 17,367 acres in total 4 acres shared
  5. 1951 Wolf Ridge Fire 880 acres in total 425 acres shared
  6. 1951 Ruppert Ridge Fire 418 acres shared
  7. 1955 C. Dow Fire 578 acres shared
  8. 1957 E. Ford R.i. Escape Fire 2,307 acres in total 2 acres shared
  9. 1960 Chalk Mountain Fire 1,441 acres in total 1,426 acres shared
  10. 1960 Creager Fire 723 acres in total 715 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1996 Fork Fire 83,057 acres in total · Cause: Arson 4,225 acres shared
  2. 2001 Hough Fire Cause: Debris burning 155 acres shared
  3. 2016 Reservoir Fire 153 acres in total 49 acres shared
  4. 2017 Smith Fire 18 acres shared
  5. 2018 Pawnee Fire 15,197 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7,709 acres shared
  6. 2018 Spring 2 Fire 122 acres shared
  7. 2018 Ranch Fire 410,202 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 18,682 acres shared
  8. 2020 Indian Fire 20 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Barkerville 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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