Rogge Fire

Wildfire in Tuolumne County, August 1996

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5116/rogge-fire-1996

Key facts

Started August 14, 1996
Contained August 31, 1996, after 17 days
Burned 20,944 acres
7th largest fire of 1996
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tuolumne County 20,944 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 7,149 acres in total 6,753 acres shared
  2. 1920 Unnamed fire 13,346 acres in total 4,180 acres shared
  3. 1924 Unnamed fire 3,954 acres in total 9 acres shared
  4. 1927 Unnamed fire 15,823 acres in total 4,170 acres shared
  5. 1927 Unnamed fire 5,162 acres in total 10 acres shared
  6. 1932 Unnamed fire 143 acres in total 136 acres shared
  7. 1936 Unnamed fire 570 acres in total 513 acres shared
  8. 1944 Unnamed fire 735 acres in total 8 acres shared
  9. 1949 Unnamed fire 26,378 acres in total 29 acres shared
  10. 1949 Unnamed fire 6,263 acres in total 11 acres shared
  11. 1962 Wet Meadow Fire 28 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 16 acres shared
  12. 1972 Rackerby Fire 19 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 8 acres shared
  13. 1976 Clavey Fire Cause: Campfire 50 acres shared
  14. 1983 Hunter Fire 77 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 64 acres shared
  15. 1984 Paper Fire 49 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 48 acres shared
  16. 1987 Hamm Fire 33,144 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 232 acres shared
  17. 1987 Paper Fire 45,020 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 18,324 acres shared
  18. 1987 Clavey 87 Complex 8,741 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,552 acres shared
  19. 1990 Round Fire Cause: Equipment use 21 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2013 Rim Fire 256,176 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 20,518 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Rogge 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

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