Langes Peak Fire

Wildfire in Yolo and Lake counties, August 1981

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3574/langes-peak-fire-1981

Key facts

Started	August 9, 1981
Contained	Not recorded
Burned	14,448 acres 4th largest fire of 1981
Cause	Arson

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Where it burned

Counties

Yolo County 8,155 acres
Lake County 6,293 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

1951 Trout Creek Fire 351 acres in total 156 acres shared
1955 E. Payne Fire 551 acres in total 420 acres shared
1956 Buck Mountain #2 Fire 448 acres shared
1960 Bear Springs Fire 1,324 acres in total 1,286 acres shared
1976 Davis Creek Fire 1,921 acres in total 671 acres shared

Burned again

1999 Sixteen Fire 37,893 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,489 acres shared
2005 Rumsey Fire 62 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 29 acres shared
2009 Oasis Fire 1,575 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 497 acres shared
2015 Rocky Fire 69,438 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9,829 acres shared
2015 Jerusalem Fire 25,118 acres in total 2,779 acres shared
2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,914 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Langes 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