Old Topanga Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, November 1993

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4725/old-topanga-fire-1993

Key facts

Started November 2, 1993
Contained November 9, 1993, after 7 days
Burned 16,202 acres
8th largest fire of 1993
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 16,202 acres

Communities

  1. Topanga 4,034 acres
  2. Malibu 2,123 acres
  3. Los Angeles 142 acres
  4. Pepperdine University 126 acres
  5. Calabasas 79 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. 1926 Old Topanga No. 2 Fire 137 acres in total 133 acres shared
  2. 1928 Las Flores No. 59 Fire 273 acres shared
  3. 1935 Malibu Fire 28,195 acres in total 1,395 acres shared
  4. 1936 Cold Creek No. 35 Fire 2,620 acres shared
  5. 1938 Topanga No. 50 Fire 14,532 acres in total 2,514 acres shared
  6. 1942 Las Flores N. 47 Fire 5,841 acres in total 5,543 acres shared
  7. 1943 Woodland Hills #65 Fire 14,919 acres in total 4,021 acres shared
  8. 1949 Reindl No. 78 Fire 231 acres in total 214 acres shared
  9. 1956 Hume Fire 2,183 acres shared
  10. 1958 Unnamed fire 18,120 acres in total 861 acres shared
  11. 1958 Canoga Fire 5,116 acres in total 2,358 acres shared
  12. 1970 Wright Fire 28,202 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 9,043 acres shared
  13. 1973 Trippet Fire 2,831 acres in total 598 acres shared
  14. 1982 Dayton Canyon Fire 43,097 acres in total 211 acres shared
  15. 1985 Piuma Fire 5,391 acres in total 3,896 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1996 Calabasas Fire 12,189 acres in total 2,770 acres shared
  2. 2007 Canyon Fire 3,839 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 3,473 acres shared
  3. 2018 Woolsey Fire 89,551 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 859 acres shared
  4. 2024 Franklin Fire 4,124 acres in total 3,017 acres shared
  5. 2025 Palisades Fire 23,449 acres in total 7,628 acres shared

And 19 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Old Topanga 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