Hopper Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, August 1997

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5231/hopper-fire-1997

Key facts

Started August 5, 1997
Contained August 13, 1997, after 8 days
Burned 24,797 acres
2nd largest fire of 1997
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 24,784 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. 1912 Unnamed fire 303 acres in total 266 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 44,009 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 14,354 acres shared
  3. 1925 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 2,621 acres shared
  4. 1928 Ridge #98 Fire 43,472 acres in total 508 acres shared
  5. 1929 Unnamed fire 2,796 acres in total 2,763 acres shared
  6. 1936 Oil Ridge Fire 284 acres shared
  7. 1937 Unnamed fire 960 acres in total 868 acres shared
  8. 1952 Warring Canyon Fire 2,383 acres in total 976 acres shared
  9. 1954 King Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 371 acres shared
  10. 1954 Hopper Fire 3,084 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,219 acres shared
  11. 1956 Bishops Fire 862 acres shared
  12. 1961 Donlon & Fletcher Fire 2,426 acres in total 2,098 acres shared
  13. 1967 Warring Canyon Fire 4,269 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,873 acres shared
  14. 1971 Blue Fire 2,803 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 342 acres shared
  15. 1984 Squaw Flat Fire 6,088 acres in total 1,014 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1998 Piru Incident Fire 12,613 acres in total 2,461 acres shared
  2. 2003 Piru Fire 63,726 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 23,380 acres shared
  3. 2007 Ranch Fire 58,410 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 15,570 acres shared
  4. 2020 Lime Fire 802 acres shared
  5. 2024 Felicia Fire 393 acres in total 269 acres shared

And 9 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Hopper 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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