Quarry Fire

Wildfire in El Dorado and Amador counties, June 1976

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2986/quarry-fire-1976

Key facts

Started June 23, 1976
Contained Not recorded
Burned 20,870 acres
2nd largest fire of 1976
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. El Dorado County 18,251 acres
  2. Amador County 2,619 acres

Communities

  1. El Dorado Hills 327 acres
  2. Shingle Springs 120 acres
  3. Cameron Park 30 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. 1931 Unnamed fire 20,507 acres in total 8,348 acres shared
  2. 1931 Unnamed fire 2,551 acres in total 882 acres shared
  3. 1951 Dressler Fire 810 acres in total 138 acres shared
  4. 1952 Dressler Fire 1,555 acres in total 539 acres shared
  5. 1974 Devore Station Fire 743 acres in total 249 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1989 Shingle Fire Cause: Equipment use 30 acres shared
  2. 2001 French Fire Cause: Equipment use 67 acres shared
  3. 2017 French Fire 131 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Quarry 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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