Ciervo Fire

Wildfire in Fresno and San Benito counties, June 1979

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3158/ciervo-fire-1979

Key facts

Started June 7, 1979
Contained Not recorded
Burned 62,902 acres
Largest fire of 1979
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Fresno County 61,563 acres
  2. San Benito County 1,344 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. 1950 Mack Fire 35,381 acres in total 15 acres shared
  2. 1953 Panoche Fire 918 acres shared
  3. 1973 B.l.m. #2 Fire 552 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1984 Cantua Creek Fire 468 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 409 acres shared
  2. 1987 Lightning 2 Fire Cause: Lightning 211 acres shared
  3. 2005 Five Fire 2,372 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,293 acres shared
  4. 2006 3 Rocks Fire 9,435 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 9,028 acres shared
  5. 2024 Derrick Fire 72 acres in total · Cause: Arson 71 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Ciervo 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