Manter Fire

Wildfire in Tulare County, July 2000

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5556/manter-fire-2000

Key facts

Started July 22, 2000
Contained September 6, 2000, after 46 days
Burned 79,223 acres
Largest fire of 2000 and 74th largest in California's records
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tulare County 79,217 acres

Community

  1. Kennedy Meadows 150 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. 1924 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 173 acres shared
  2. 1925 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 8 acres shared
  3. 1932 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 23 acres shared
  4. 1933 Unnamed fire 60 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 59 acres shared
  5. 1939 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 19 acres shared
  6. 1939 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 9 acres shared
  7. 1946 Unnamed fire 53 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 52 acres shared
  8. 1956 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 10 acres shared
  9. 1966 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 20 acres shared
  10. 1991 Long Fire Cause: Lightning 106 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2002 Mcnally Fire 149,475 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 64 acres shared
  2. 2011 Church Fire 59 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 18 acres shared
  3. 2020 Fish Creek Fire Cause: Lightning 30 acres shared
  4. 2024 Trout Fire 23,822 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 256 acres shared
  5. 2024 Long Fire 9,204 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,208 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Manter 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