Pine Fire (1999): burned area, damage and fire history

Key facts

Started	August 23, 1999
Contained	Not recorded
Burned	30,578 acres 7th largest fire of 1999
Cause	Not recorded

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Where it burned

County

Modoc County 30,578 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

1951 Mears Fire 29,523 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 944 acres shared
1996 Dalton 2 Fire 238 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 100 acres shared
1996 Clear Lake Fire Cause: Lightning 71 acres shared
1996 Dalton 3 Fire Cause: Lightning 2,379 acres shared

Burned again

2006 Pinnacle Fire Cause: Lightning 50 acres shared
2006 Red Fire 39 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 16 acres shared
2010 Dalton Fire Cause: Lightning 17 acres shared
2012 Lake Fire Cause: Lightning 1,665 acres shared
2014 Dalton Fire 641 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 633 acres shared
2014 Lake Fire Cause: Lightning 58 acres shared
2017 Lake Fire 4,665 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,272 acres shared
2019 Lone Fire Cause: Lightning 5,737 acres shared
2020 Dalton Fire 1,367 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,164 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Pine 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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