Damon/Long Fire

Wildfire in Modoc County, August 1996

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5130/damonlong-fire-1996

Key facts

Started August 26, 1996
Contained August 30, 1996, after 4 days
Burned 23,380 acres
6th largest fire of 1996
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Modoc County 23,380 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. 1915 Tickner Rd#2 Fire 8 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1 acre shared
  2. 1924 Timber Mt. Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,394 acres shared
  3. 1924 Upper Mud Sp Fire 3,447 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 463 acres shared
  4. 1931 Long Bell 2 Fire 1,748 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,662 acres shared
  5. 1942 Plum Ridge Fire 33 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4 acres shared
  6. 1943 Hole-In-Rock Fire 707 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2 acres shared
  7. 1948 Unnamed fire 18,188 acres in total 2,981 acres shared
  8. 1948 Mud Spring Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,025 acres shared
  9. 1950 Plum Ridge Fire 4,926 acres in total 958 acres shared
  10. 1951 Mears Fire 29,523 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,556 acres shared
  11. 1974 Happy Fire Cause: Equipment use 1 acre shared
  12. 1977 Crystal Fire Cause: Lightning 66 acres shared
  13. 1977 Scarface Fire 78,191 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 376 acres shared
  14. 1987 Quaking Fire 4,812 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 159 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1999 Mud 2 Fire Cause: Lightning 16 acres shared
  2. 2001 Deer Fire 137 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 69 acres shared
  3. 2014 Little Fire 101 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 76 acres shared
  4. 2018 Quarantine Fire Cause: Lightning 28 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Damon/Long 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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