Bucks Fire

Wildfire in Plumas and Butte counties, August 1999

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5420/bucks-fire-1999

Key facts

Started August 23, 1999
Contained October 10, 1999, after 48 days
Burned 34,236 acres
6th largest fire of 1999
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Plumas County 27,877 acres
  2. Butte County 6,355 acres

Communities

  1. Tobin 2,956 acres
  2. Bucks Lake 6 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. 1920 Unnamed fire 217 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 213 acres shared
  2. 1920 Unnamed fire 191 acres shared
  3. 1926 Unnamed fire 349 acres shared
  4. 1927 Unnamed fire 8,541 acres in total 7,465 acres shared
  5. 1928 Unnamed fire 206 acres shared
  6. 1936 Unnamed fire 1,953 acres in total 11 acres shared
  7. 1936 Unnamed fire 948 acres in total 2 acres shared
  8. 1951 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 803 acres shared
  9. 1951 Unnamed fire 760 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 611 acres shared
  10. 1951 Milk Ranch Fire 21,979 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 17,493 acres shared
  11. 1978 Unnamed fire 2,596 acres in total · Cause: Railroad 345 acres shared
  12. 1988 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 31 acres shared
  13. 1990 Wildcat Fire Cause: Smoking 25 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2000 Storrie Fire 56,076 acres in total · Cause: Railroad 201 acres shared
  2. 2008 Big Fire 74 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 69 acres shared
  3. 2008 Btu Lightning Complex 53,699 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,066 acres shared
  4. 2009 Elephant Fire 274 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 262 acres shared
  5. 2018 Camp Fire 153,336 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 5,624 acres shared
  6. 2020 North Complex 318,797 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 13,999 acres shared
  7. 2021 Dixie Fire 963,405 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 14,587 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Bucks 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