Sage/Usfs Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, September 1979

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3277/sageusfs-fire-1979

Key facts

Started September 13, 1979
Contained Not recorded
Burned 28,913 acres
3rd largest fire of 1979
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 28,911 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 13,326 acres shared
  2. 1896 Unnamed fire 7,532 acres in total 1,968 acres shared
  3. 1898 Unnamed fire 1,660 acres in total 74 acres shared
  4. 1900 Big Fire 16,961 acres in total 2,112 acres shared
  5. 1907 Unnamed fire 89 acres in total 69 acres shared
  6. 1910 Unnamed fire 45 acres in total 6 acres shared
  7. 1928 Wikiup Fire 354 acres shared
  8. 1953 Sulphur Fire 31,709 acres in total 131 acres shared
  9. 1956 Unnamed fire 1,387 acres in total 1,074 acres shared
  10. 1957 Gleason Fire 5,949 acres in total 321 acres shared
  11. 1959 Woodwardia Fire 14,403 acres in total 1 acre shared
  12. 1967 Unnamed fire 36 acres shared
  13. 1977 Vetter/Usfs Fire 2,245 acres in total 1,203 acres shared
  14. 1977 Middle/Usfs Fire 4,138 acres in total 38 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1999 Wickiup Fire Cause: Lightning 34 acres shared
  2. 2009 Station Fire 160,833 acres in total · Cause: Arson 24,260 acres shared
  3. 2020 Bobcat Fire 115,998 acres in total 41 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sage/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