Piru Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, September 1988

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4327/piru-fire-1988

Key facts

Started September 4, 1988
Contained Not recorded
Burned 13,311 acres
3rd largest fire of 1988
Cause Power lines
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Los Angeles County 8,397 acres
  2. Ventura County 4,914 acres

Communities

  1. Val Verde 891 acres
  2. Hasley Canyon 411 acres
  3. Piru 76 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. 1913 Unnamed fire 10,285 acres in total 4,031 acres shared
  2. 1913 Unnamed fire 8,355 acres in total 2,861 acres shared
  3. 1928 Ridge #98 Fire 43,472 acres in total 285 acres shared
  4. 1929 Bowman Ranch No. 88 Fire 318 acres in total 135 acres shared
  5. 1931 Leckler No. 57 Fire 153 acres in total 146 acres shared
  6. 1943 Newhall No. 197 Fire 2,032 acres in total 1,597 acres shared
  7. 1951 Camulos Fire 1,023 acres in total 958 acres shared
  8. 1953 Edison Fire 867 acres shared
  9. 1962 Golden Fire 9,233 acres in total 1,682 acres shared
  10. 1970 Mayo Fire 7,144 acres in total 6,509 acres shared
  11. 1976 Val Verde Fire 1,856 acres in total 977 acres shared
  12. 1979 Chiquita Fire 2,222 acres in total 1,773 acres shared
  13. 1983 Sloan Fire 225 acres in total 153 acres shared
  14. 1987 The Verdale Fire 349 acres in total 123 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1996 Hasley Fire 238 acres in total 159 acres shared
  2. 1999 Holser Incident Fire 2,526 acres in total 150 acres shared
  3. 2003 Verdale Fire 8,474 acres in total · Cause: Aircraft 7,909 acres shared
  4. 2007 Ranch Fire 58,410 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 6,718 acres shared
  5. 2020 Holser Fire 2,189 acres in total 385 acres shared
  6. 2025 Canyon Fire 5,368 acres in total 2,512 acres shared

And 22 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Piru 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