Hill Canyon Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, October 1980

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3440/hill-canyon-fire-1980

Key facts

Started October 28, 1980
Contained Not recorded
Burned 11,975 acres
6th largest fire of 1980
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 11,959 acres

Communities

  1. Thousand Oaks 4,835 acres
  2. Camarillo 321 acres
  3. Santa Rosa Valley 57 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. 1940 Camarillo Rifle Rang Fire 1,405 acres shared
  2. 1957 Conejo Grade Fire 1,385 acres in total 1,181 acres shared
  3. 1958 Santa Rosa Fire 1,138 acres in total 1,001 acres shared
  4. 1968 Conejo Grade Brush Fire 857 acres in total 820 acres shared
  5. 1971 Camarillo Grove Fire 242 acres shared
  6. 1973 Potrero Fire 12,298 acres in total 435 acres shared
  7. 1975 Potrero Fire 3,019 acres in total 1,747 acres shared
  8. 1976 Quadalasca Fire 101 acres shared
  9. 1976 Arroyo Fire 206 acres shared
  10. 1979 Conejo Grade Fire 150 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1992 Academy Fire 48 acres shared
  2. 1993 Green Meadows Fire 38,479 acres in total 3,581 acres shared
  3. 1995 Wildwood I Fire 799 acres in total 79 acres shared
  4. 2004 Wendy Incident Fire Cause: Vehicle 121 acres shared
  5. 2008 Grande Fire 15 acres shared
  6. 2011 Conejo Fire Cause: Vehicle 14 acres shared
  7. 2012 Conejo Fire Cause: Vehicle 22 acres shared
  8. 2013 Springs Fire 23,677 acres in total 5,111 acres shared
  9. 2017 Grade Fire 47 acres in total 39 acres shared
  10. 2018 Hill Fire 4,310 acres in total 4,186 acres shared

And 6 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Hill Canyon 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