Mill/Usfs Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, November 1975

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2955/millusfs-fire-1975

Key facts

Started November 22, 1975
Contained Not recorded
Burned 51,220 acres
Largest fire of 1975
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 51,220 acres

Communities

  1. Los Angeles 4,699 acres
  2. Glendale 964 acres
  3. La Crescenta-Montrose 503 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. 1878 Unnamed fire 59,469 acres in total 18,384 acres shared
  2. 1896 Unnamed fire 7,532 acres in total 569 acres shared
  3. 1913 Unnamed fire 7,017 acres in total 6,465 acres shared
  4. 1919 Ravenna Fire 70,796 acres in total 25,663 acres shared
  5. 1925 Hell Hole Fire 5,731 acres in total 4,446 acres shared
  6. 1933 Montrose/La Cresc Fire 5,095 acres in total 3,360 acres shared
  7. 1935 Kagel No. 58 Fire 1,904 acres in total 1,689 acres shared
  8. 1947 Unnamed fire 3,690 acres shared
  9. 1956 Dunsmore Fire 794 acres shared
  10. 1959 Woodwardia Fire 14,403 acres in total 3,105 acres shared
  11. 1960 Unnamed fire 1,575 acres in total 1,527 acres shared
  12. 1961 Unnamed fire 2,120 acres in total 1,590 acres shared
  13. 1968 Limerock Fire 2,859 acres in total 2,003 acres shared
  14. 1971 Sequoia/Usfs Fire 511 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1979 Monte/Usfs Fire 2,101 acres shared
  2. 1997 Shooting Fire 426 acres shared
  3. 2008 Marek Fire 4,574 acres in total 4,035 acres shared
  4. 2009 Station Fire 160,833 acres in total · Cause: Arson 37,889 acres shared
  5. 2016 Sand Fire 41,383 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 2,492 acres shared
  6. 2017 Creek Fire 15,619 acres in total 12,715 acres shared

And 83 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Mill/Usfs 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