Plumas Nf #531 (Clark) Fire

Wildfire in Lassen and Plumas counties, August 1987

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4180/plumas-nf-531-clark-fire-1987

Key facts

Started August 30, 1987
Contained Not recorded
Burned 39,921 acres
6th largest fire of 1987
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Lassen County 20,376 acres
  2. Plumas County 19,546 acres

Community

  1. Milford 1,813 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. 1917 Unnamed fire 1,157 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 515 acres in total 50 acres shared
  3. 1919 Unnamed fire 2,899 acres shared
  4. 1919 Unnamed fire 5,642 acres in total 1,730 acres shared
  5. 1919 Unnamed fire 136 acres shared
  6. 1936 Unnamed fire 30,586 acres in total 12,842 acres shared
  7. 1950 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 3,864 acres shared
  8. 1950 Garnier Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 4,097 acres shared
  9. 1950 Millford Fire 9,185 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,278 acres shared
  10. 1955 Mark Fire 925 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 898 acres shared
  11. 1984 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 17 acres shared
  12. 1984 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 25 acres shared
  13. 1984 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 48 acres shared
  14. 1986 Unnamed fire 23 acres in total 12 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2010 Meadow View Fire Cause: Lightning 15 acres shared
  2. 2017 Long Valley Fire 83,581 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 56 acres shared
  3. 2020 Bird Fire Cause: Lightning 25 acres shared
  4. 2021 Sugar Fire 105,004 acres in total 2,779 acres shared
  5. 2021 Dixie Fire 963,405 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 12,187 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Plumas Nf #531 (Clark) 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