Flat Fire

Wildfire in Tulare County, August 1975

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2936/flat-fire-1975

Key facts

Started August 28, 1975
Contained September 5, 1975, after 8 days
Burned 18,737 acres
2nd largest fire of 1975
Cause Campfire
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tulare County 18,737 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. 1915 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 54 acres shared
  2. 1926 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 61 acres shared
  3. 1949 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 391 acres shared
  4. 1949 Unnamed fire 1,068 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 62 acres shared
  5. 1966 Unnamed fire 39 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 24 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1977 Bonita Fire 7,428 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 118 acres shared
  2. 1978 Unnamed fire 69 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 29 acres shared
  3. 1980 Unnamed fire Cause: Arson 12 acres shared
  4. 1994 Kern Fire 213 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 205 acres shared
  5. 2002 Mcnally Fire 149,475 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 16,133 acres shared
  6. 2009 Lion Fire 2,577 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 477 acres shared
  7. 2010 Grouse Fire 22 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 10 acres shared
  8. 2017 Schaeffer Fire 15,833 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 546 acres shared
  9. 2020 Castle Fire 170,648 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 14,796 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Flat 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