East Fire

Wildfire in Trinity County, August 1987

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4160/east-fire-1987

Key facts

Started August 30, 1987
Contained September 25, 1987, after 26 days
Burned 11,474 acres
19th largest fire of 1987
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Trinity County 11,472 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. 1931 Unnamed fire 651 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 528 acres shared
  2. 1932 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 319 acres shared
  3. 1934 Unnamed fire 1,137 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 436 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2006 Little Fire 214 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 210 acres shared
  2. 2017 Fork Fire 3,373 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,685 acres shared
  3. 2017 Helena Fire 18,494 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,400 acres shared
  4. 2019 Middle Fire 1,340 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,299 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the East 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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