Thunder Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, November 1980

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3459/thunder-fire-1980

Key facts

Started November 24, 1980
Contained December 2, 1980, after 8 days
Burned 10,009 acres
8th largest fire of 1980
Cause Equipment use
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. San Bernardino County 8,663 acres
  2. Los Angeles County 1,346 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. 1923 Manker Flat Fire 116 acres in total 88 acres shared
  2. 1927 Unnamed fire 394 acres shared
  3. 1927 Unnamed fire 254 acres in total 251 acres shared
  4. 1927 Unnamed fire 93 acres in total 79 acres shared
  5. 1948 Mt. Baldy Fire 1,323 acres in total 464 acres shared
  6. 1953 Unnamed fire 2,258 acres in total 312 acres shared
  7. 1953 Barrett Fire 6,868 acres in total 2,024 acres shared
  8. 1970 Unnamed fire 37,472 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 540 acres shared
  9. 1970 Unnamed fire 2,955 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 550 acres shared
  10. 1975 Village Fire 14,247 acres in total 4 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1988 Unnamed fire Cause: Playing with fire 35 acres shared
  2. 2003 Grand Prix Fire 50,618 acres in total · Cause: Arson 23 acres shared
  3. 2003 Padua Fire 10,458 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,734 acres shared
  4. 2008 Bighorn Fire 499 acres shared
  5. 2024 Bridge Fire 55,724 acres in total 1,456 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Thunder 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