Sixteen Fire

Wildfire in Napa, Yolo, Colusa and Lake counties, October 1999

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5502/sixteen-fire-1999

Key facts

Started October 16, 1999
Contained Not recorded
Burned 37,893 acres
5th largest fire of 1999
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Napa County 26,101 acres
  2. Yolo County 7,953 acres
  3. Colusa County 2,961 acres
  4. Lake County 877 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. 1952 Public Domain #3 Fire 435 acres shared
  2. 1952 L. Gamble Fire 376 acres in total 333 acres shared
  3. 1955 E. Payne Fire 551 acres in total 56 acres shared
  4. 1959 Roadside #41 Fire 1,135 acres in total 1,085 acres shared
  5. 1964 Cache Creek Fire 375 acres in total 340 acres shared
  6. 1970 Glascock Mtn. Fire 385 acres in total 9 acres shared
  7. 1976 Davis Creek Fire 1,921 acres in total 1,808 acres shared
  8. 1981 Langes Peak Fire 14,448 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,489 acres shared
  9. 1998 Middle Fire 5,993 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 30 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2004 Rumsey Fire 38,763 acres in total · Cause: Arson 12,691 acres shared
  2. 2005 Rumsey Fire 62 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3 acres shared
  3. 2009 Oasis Fire 1,575 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 3 acres shared
  4. 2012 Sixteen Complex 17,942 acres in total · Cause: Arson 184 acres shared
  5. 2015 Rocky Fire 69,438 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,299 acres shared
  6. 2015 Jerusalem Fire 25,118 acres in total 182 acres shared
  7. 2018 County Fire 89,831 acres in total 249 acres shared
  8. 2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 20,402 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sixteen 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