Grand Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, July 1996

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5053/grand-fire-1996

Key facts

Started July 2, 1996
Contained Not recorded
Burned 10,950 acres
13th largest fire of 1996
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 10,950 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. 1911 Unnamed fire 485 acres in total 165 acres shared
  2. 1915 Unnamed fire 156 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 44,009 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,146 acres shared
  4. 1920 Unnamed fire 183 acres in total 162 acres shared
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 972 acres in total 754 acres shared
  6. 1927 Unnamed fire 3,360 acres in total 2,799 acres shared
  7. 1927 Unnamed fire 655 acres in total 468 acres shared
  8. 1932 Matilija Fire 219,999 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 208 acres shared
  9. 1936 Boosey Fire 1,032 acres in total 426 acres shared
  10. 1939 Unnamed fire 167 acres shared
  11. 1940 Unnamed fire 264 acres in total 140 acres shared
  12. 1940 Unnamed fire 224 acres in total 101 acres shared
  13. 1957 Unnamed fire 569 acres in total 65 acres shared
  14. 1957 Boulder Creek Fire 3,734 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,103 acres shared
  15. 1957 Boulder Creek Fire 952 acres in total 302 acres shared
  16. 1963 Squaw Flat Fire 439 acres in total 142 acres shared
  17. 1967 Timber Canyon Fire 10,842 acres in total 5,140 acres shared
  18. 1985 Ferndale Fire 46,805 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,092 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2003 Piru Fire 63,726 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 2,422 acres shared
  2. 2017 Thomas Fire 281,791 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9,225 acres shared

And 3 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Grand 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