Marple Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, August 1996

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5132/marple-fire-1996

Key facts

Started August 26, 1996
Contained Not recorded
Burned 19,861 acres
9th largest fire of 1996
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 19,861 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. 1922 Unnamed fire 1,357 acres in total 1,158 acres shared
  2. 1922 Unnamed fire 1,162 acres in total 1,108 acres shared
  3. 1923 Unnamed fire 1,754 acres in total 1,475 acres shared
  4. 1923 Ridge Fire 1,007 acres shared
  5. 1923 Unnamed fire 943 acres shared
  6. 1923 Ridge Fire 1,044 acres in total 1,017 acres shared
  7. 1925 Unnamed fire 686 acres in total 666 acres shared
  8. 1928 Ridge Route No. 60 Fire 735 acres shared
  9. 1928 Ridge #98 Fire 43,472 acres in total 5,391 acres shared
  10. 1932 National Forest Inn Fire 1,210 acres in total 1,130 acres shared
  11. 1932 National Forest Inn Fire 1,076 acres in total 727 acres shared
  12. 1946 Unnamed fire 3,650 acres shared
  13. 1950 Cienega Fire 6,682 acres in total 5,115 acres shared
  14. 1959 Unnamed fire 2,686 acres in total 1,483 acres shared
  15. 1968 Liebre Fire 48,564 acres in total 12,341 acres shared
  16. 1992 Devil Fire 1,351 acres in total 1,006 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2002 Freeway Ii Fire 1,028 acres in total · Cause: Arson 978 acres shared
  2. 2004 East Fire 1,337 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,113 acres shared
  3. 2007 Ranch Fire 58,410 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 666 acres shared
  4. 2022 Route Fire 5,228 acres in total 3,909 acres shared

And 54 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Marple 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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