Pendola Fire

Wildfire in Yuba County, October 1999

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5501/pendola-fire-1999

Key facts

Started October 16, 1999
Contained October 25, 1999, after 9 days
Burned 12,324 acres
14th largest fire of 1999
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Yuba County 12,324 acres

Community

  1. Dobbins 37 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. 1921 Unnamed fire 686 acres in total 354 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 683 acres in total 351 acres shared
  3. 1929 Unnamed fire 524 acres in total 121 acres shared
  4. 1929 Unnamed fire 521 acres in total 121 acres shared
  5. 1931 Unnamed fire 213 acres in total 155 acres shared
  6. 1932 Unnamed fire 573 acres in total 13 acres shared
  7. 1934 Unnamed fire 277 acres in total 268 acres shared
  8. 1934 Unnamed fire 268 acres in total 258 acres shared
  9. 1944 Unnamed fire 632 acres in total 454 acres shared
  10. 1951 Hinton Mine Fire 345 acres in total 325 acres shared
  11. 1960 Carmichael #2 Fire 4,366 acres in total 64 acres shared
  12. 1968 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 49 acres shared
  13. 1997 Williams Fire 5,838 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,078 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2008 Garden Fire Cause: Lightning 18 acres shared
  2. 2008 Bullards Fire Cause: Lightning 16 acres shared
  3. 2015 Fountain Fire 19 acres in total 2 acres shared
  4. 2020 Baker Fire 48 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 47 acres shared
  5. 2021 Frenchtown Fire 54 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 48 acres shared
  6. 2024 Pendola Fire 19 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 18 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Pendola 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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