Dayton Canyon Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, October 1982

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3679/dayton-canyon-fire-1982

Key facts

Started October 9, 1982
Contained Not recorded
Burned 43,097 acres
Largest fire of 1982
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Los Angeles County 27,088 acres
  2. Ventura County 16,018 acres

Communities

  1. Thousand Oaks 3,595 acres
  2. Calabasas 3,473 acres
  3. Oak Park 2,988 acres
  4. Malibu 2,679 acres
  5. Agoura Hills 2,097 acres
  6. Bell Canyon 1,810 acres
  7. Los Angeles 828 acres
  8. Westlake Village 399 acres
  9. Hidden Hills 67 acres
  10. Simi Valley 9 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. 1935 Malibu Fire 28,195 acres in total 7,940 acres shared
  2. 1943 Woodland Hills #65 Fire 14,919 acres in total 4,734 acres shared
  3. 1949 Simi Hills Fire 20,579 acres in total 14,211 acres shared
  4. 1956 Sherwood/Zuma Fire 35,170 acres in total 7,246 acres shared
  5. 1958 Unnamed fire 4,240 acres in total 2,232 acres shared
  6. 1958 Unnamed fire 18,120 acres in total 12,633 acres shared
  7. 1967 Devonshire-Parker Fire 23,094 acres in total 10,072 acres shared
  8. 1967 Latigo Fire 2,869 acres in total 2,470 acres shared
  9. 1970 Clampitt Fire 115,537 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 14,668 acres shared
  10. 1970 Wright Fire 28,202 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 10,608 acres shared
  11. 1978 Kanan Fire 25,589 acres in total 3,616 acres shared
  12. 1980 Las Virgenes Fire 2,521 acres in total 1,518 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1985 Piuma Fire 5,391 acres in total 660 acres shared
  2. 1994 Palocomado Fire 651 acres shared
  3. 1996 Calabasas Fire 12,189 acres in total 4,545 acres shared
  4. 2000 Calabasas Fire 1,024 acres shared
  5. 2005 Topanga Fire 23,396 acres in total 10,000 acres shared
  6. 2007 Corral Fire 4,708 acres in total 3,956 acres shared
  7. 2018 Woolsey Fire 89,551 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 34,420 acres shared
  8. 2025 Kenneth Fire 1,012 acres in total 954 acres shared

And 71 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Dayton 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

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