Musty Fire

Wildfire in Butte County, August 1999

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5436/musty-fire-1999

Key facts

Started August 23, 1999
Contained Not recorded
Burned 16,757 acres
11th largest fire of 1999
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Butte County 16,757 acres

Communities

  1. Cohasset 2,251 acres
  2. Chico 1,220 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. 1931 Unnamed fire 42,078 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 109 acres shared
  2. 1950 Sheep Hollow Fire 559 acres in total 498 acres shared
  3. 1964 Lightning #1 Fire 9,876 acres in total 7,612 acres shared
  4. 1966 Bidwell Park Fire 616 acres in total 587 acres shared
  5. 1967 Bidwell Park Fire 281 acres shared
  6. 1979 Bidwell Park Fire 874 acres shared
  7. 1985 Rock Creek Fire 1,268 acres in total 114 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2024 Park Fire 429,603 acres in total · Cause: Arson 16,207 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Musty 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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