Atlas Peak Fire

Wildfire in Napa County, June 1981

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3519/atlas-peak-fire-1981

Key facts

Started June 22, 1981
Contained Not recorded
Burned 33,606 acres
Largest fire of 1981
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

County

  1. Napa County 33,606 acres

Community

  1. Silverado Resort 457 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. 1953 State Highway 37 #3 Fire 605 acres in total 598 acres shared
  2. 1955 Country Roadside #14 Fire 853 acres in total 844 acres shared
  3. 1957 State Hwy 37 #1 Fire 249 acres in total 239 acres shared
  4. 1958 Roadside #34 Fire 193 acres shared
  5. 1959 C. Kuhn Fire 1,816 acres in total 718 acres shared
  6. 1959 R. Wilson Fire 3,504 acres in total 2,728 acres shared
  7. 1960 Napa Soda Springs Fire 2,226 acres shared
  8. 1960 C. Fosberg #2 Fire 3,797 acres in total 3,489 acres shared
  9. 1961 Leoma Lakes Fire 246 acres in total 6 acres shared
  10. 1961 Roadside #32 Fire 569 acres shared
  11. 1964 Roadside #42 Fire 8,957 acres in total 1,288 acres shared
  12. 1968 Stags Lake Fire 561 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2006 Atlas Fire Cause: Equipment use 71 acres shared
  2. 2007 Peak Fire Cause: Equipment use 46 acres shared
  3. 2012 Soda Fire Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 197 acres shared
  4. 2013 Soda Fire Cause: Power lines 14 acres shared
  5. 2013 Silverado_2 Fire 187 acres shared
  6. 2017 Atlas Fire 51,625 acres in total 24,752 acres shared
  7. 2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7,406 acres shared
  8. 2022 Old Fire 376 acres shared

And 1 more fire that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Atlas Peak 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