Creek Road Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, September 1979

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3291/creek-road-fire-1979

Key facts

Started September 18, 1979
Contained Not recorded
Burned 32,706 acres
2nd largest fire of 1979
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 32,704 acres

Communities

  1. Mira Monte 398 acres
  2. Oak View 276 acres
  3. North Ventura Avenue 1 acre

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. 1929 Sulphur Mountain Fire 26,514 acres in total 14,781 acres shared
  2. 1939 Harmon Canyon Fire 2,334 acres in total 1,863 acres shared
  3. 1944 Train Ranch Fire 2,791 acres shared
  4. 1954 Sulpher Mt. Fire 1,048 acres shared
  5. 1956 Sexton Fire 2,826 acres in total 180 acres shared
  6. 1968 Canada Larga Fire 240 acres shared
  7. 1970 Foothill Fire 4,730 acres in total 149 acres shared
  8. 1975 Aliso Canyon Fire 1,094 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1985 Ferndale Fire 46,805 acres in total · Cause: Arson 8,634 acres shared
  2. 1992 Sulphur Fire 902 acres shared
  3. 1993 Steckel Fire 27,085 acres in total 9,222 acres shared
  4. 1994 Aliso I Fire 344 acres in total 104 acres shared
  5. 1995 Sexton I Fire 391 acres in total 228 acres shared
  6. 1996 Ondulando Fire 402 acres in total 214 acres shared
  7. 1996 Sexton Ii Fire 477 acres shared
  8. 1996 Aliso Ii Fire 552 acres in total 443 acres shared
  9. 1999 Sloan Fire 3,441 acres in total 2,896 acres shared
  10. 2005 School Incident Fire 3,892 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 462 acres shared
  11. 2017 Thomas Fire 281,791 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 31,983 acres shared
  12. 2020 Elizabeth Fire 299 acres in total 251 acres shared

And 14 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Creek Road 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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