Storrie Fire

Wildfire in Plumas County, August 2000

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5577/storrie-fire-2000

Key facts

Started August 17, 2000
Contained September 27, 2000, after 41 days
Burned 56,076 acres
2nd largest fire of 2000
Cause Railroad
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Plumas County 55,771 acres
  2. Butte County 310 acres

Communities

  1. Belden 458 acres
  2. Tobin 9 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. 1926 Unnamed fire 157 acres shared
  2. 1929 Unnamed fire 1,945 acres in total 1,689 acres shared
  3. 1936 Unnamed fire 1,953 acres shared
  4. 1936 Unnamed fire 948 acres shared
  5. 1939 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 668 acres shared
  6. 1951 Milk Ranch Fire 21,979 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 240 acres shared
  7. 1957 Chambers Creek Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 432 acres shared
  8. 1972 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 344 acres shared
  9. 1974 Unnamed fire Cause: Railroad 72 acres shared
  10. 1976 Unnamed fire Cause: Railroad 38 acres shared
  11. 1978 Unnamed fire 2,596 acres in total · Cause: Railroad 2,372 acres shared
  12. 1999 Bucks Fire 34,236 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 201 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2008 Crest Fire Cause: Lightning 39 acres shared
  2. 2008 Btu Lightning Complex 53,699 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,947 acres shared
  3. 2008 Oliver Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 40 acres shared
  4. 2010 Rock Fire 62 acres in total · Cause: Arson 61 acres shared
  5. 2012 Chips Fire 76,350 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 25,127 acres shared
  6. 2016 Tobin Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 248 acres shared
  7. 2018 Murphy Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 117 acres shared
  8. 2021 Dixie Fire 963,405 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 56,004 acres shared

And 5 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Storrie 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