Village Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, November 1975

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2957/village-fire-1975

Key facts

Started November 23, 1975
Contained Not recorded
Burned 14,247 acres
3rd largest fire of 1975
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 14,247 acres

Community

  1. Claremont 60 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. 1912 Unnamed fire 107 acres shared
  2. 1914 Unnamed fire 1,711 acres in total 1,332 acres shared
  3. 1914 Unnamed fire 729 acres in total 551 acres shared
  4. 1917 Palmer Cyn Fire 199 acres in total 120 acres shared
  5. 1919 San Gabriel Fire 54,610 acres in total 1,746 acres shared
  6. 1937 Evey Canyon Fire 57 acres in total 8 acres shared
  7. 1938 San Antonio Cyn Fire 3,322 acres in total 3,257 acres shared
  8. 1953 Barrett Fire 6,868 acres in total 1,880 acres shared
  9. 1960 Unnamed fire 22,736 acres in total 4,783 acres shared
  10. 1970 Unnamed fire 37,472 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 213 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1980 Thunder Fire 10,009 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 4 acres shared
  2. 1985 Mt Baldy Fire 51 acres shared
  3. 1995 Shinn Fire 14 acres in total · Cause: Arson 13 acres shared
  4. 1999 Shinn Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 350 acres shared
  5. 2002 Williams Fire 38,119 acres in total · Cause: Arson 9,267 acres shared
  6. 2003 Padua Fire 10,458 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,232 acres shared
  7. 2018 San Fire 14 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 4 acres shared
  8. 2021 Antonio Fire Cause: Equipment use 50 acres shared
  9. 2024 Fork Fire 298 acres in total 81 acres shared
  10. 2024 Bridge Fire 55,724 acres in total 7,004 acres shared

And 3 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Village 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