Green Meadows Fire

Wildfire in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, October 1993

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4714/green-meadows-fire-1993

Key facts

Started October 26, 1993
Contained Not recorded
Burned 38,479 acres
2nd largest fire of 1993
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Ventura County 36,117 acres
  2. Los Angeles County 2,346 acres

Communities

  1. Thousand Oaks 1,078 acres
  2. Lake Sherwood 566 acres
  3. Malibu 134 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. 1930 Potrero No. 42 Fire 20,393 acres in total 14,926 acres shared
  2. 1935 Malibu Fire 28,195 acres in total 968 acres shared
  3. 1947 La Fouge Fire 506 acres shared
  4. 1951 Rancho Sierra Vista Fire 3,288 acres shared
  5. 1951 Houston Fire 565 acres in total 370 acres shared
  6. 1955 Houston Fire 489 acres in total 274 acres shared
  7. 1955 Ventu Park Fire 13,957 acres in total 12,742 acres shared
  8. 1956 Sherwood/Zuma Fire 35,170 acres in total 9,000 acres shared
  9. 1959 Broome Ranch Fire 1,237 acres shared
  10. 1973 Potrero Fire 12,298 acres in total 11,424 acres shared
  11. 1975 Potrero Fire 3,019 acres in total 2,906 acres shared
  12. 1978 Kanan Fire 25,589 acres in total 645 acres shared
  13. 1980 Hill Canyon Fire 11,975 acres in total 3,581 acres shared
  14. 1985 Sherwood Fire 3,795 acres in total 417 acres shared
  15. 1985 Decker Fire 6,567 acres in total 2,302 acres shared
  16. 1988 Sycamore Fire 368 acres shared
  17. 1989 Pacific Fire 3,180 acres in total 2,484 acres shared
  18. 1992 Broome Ranch Fire 1,310 acres in total 701 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2013 Springs Fire 23,677 acres in total 19,821 acres shared
  2. 2018 Woolsey Fire 89,551 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 12,386 acres shared

And 12 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Green Meadows 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