Grimes Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, May 1984

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3793/grimes-fire-1984

Key facts

Started May 7, 1984
Contained Not recorded
Burned 11,305 acres
3rd largest fire of 1984
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 11,305 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. 1943 Jones Canyon Fire 522 acres shared
  2. 1944 Long Canyon Fire 462 acres in total 382 acres shared
  3. 1946 Wiley Canyon Fire 21,266 acres in total 7,908 acres shared
  4. 1953 Shields Lease Fire 11,775 acres in total 441 acres shared
  5. 1956 Bi Brush Fire 1,596 acres shared
  6. 1958 Calumet Canyon Fire 17,214 acres in total 8,705 acres shared
  7. 1962 Culbert Fire 5,314 acres in total 257 acres shared
  8. 1967 Sence Ranch Fire 18,354 acres in total 4,546 acres shared
  9. 1970 Clampitt Fire 115,537 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 6,133 acres shared
  10. 1971 Sence Ranch Brush #2 Fire 2,819 acres in total 119 acres shared
  11. 1973 Sense Fire 984 acres in total 9 acres shared
  12. 1980 South Mountain Fire 2,395 acres in total 158 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1986 Bradley Fire 9,229 acres in total 469 acres shared
  2. 1999 Bradley Incident Fire 3,332 acres in total 41 acres shared
  3. 2003 Simi Fire 107,570 acres in total 9,384 acres shared
  4. 2006 Shekell Fire 13,618 acres in total 120 acres shared
  5. 2009 Guiberson Fire 17,527 acres in total 4,517 acres shared
  6. 2019 South Fire 131 acres shared
  7. 2019 Maria Fire 10,043 acres in total 437 acres shared
  8. 2024 Mountain Fire 19,902 acres in total 7,591 acres shared

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