Stormy Fire

Wildfire in Tulare and Kern counties, August 1990

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4474/stormy-fire-1990

Key facts

Started August 5, 1990
Contained August 31, 1990, after 26 days
Burned 22,883 acres
3rd largest fire of 1990
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Tulare County 14,196 acres
  2. Kern County 8,681 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 673 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 460 acres shared
  2. 1924 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 12,465 acres shared
  3. 1924 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 229 acres shared
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 85 acres shared
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 11 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 10 acres shared
  6. 1942 Unnamed fire 19,833 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 250 acres shared
  7. 1959 Unnamed fire 9,433 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 86 acres shared
  8. 1961 Unnamed fire 1,336 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 11 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2002 Mcnally Fire 149,475 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 46 acres shared
  2. 2010 Bull Fire 16,448 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,344 acres shared
  3. 2014 Way Fire 3,882 acres in total 101 acres shared
  4. 2016 Cedar Fire 29,101 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 13,805 acres shared
  5. 2021 French Fire 26,535 acres in total 84 acres shared
  6. 2021 Windy Fire 97,528 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,634 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Stormy 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