Copper Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, June 2002

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5734/copper-fire-2002

Key facts

Started June 5, 2002
Contained June 12, 2002, after 7 days
Burned 19,102 acres
8th largest fire of 2002
Cause Equipment use
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 19,097 acres

Communities

  1. Green Valley 2,618 acres
  2. Santa Clarita 635 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. 1911 Unnamed fire 488 acres shared
  2. 1914 Unnamed fire 1,504 acres in total 1,444 acres shared
  3. 1916 Unnamed fire 4,761 acres in total 1,945 acres shared
  4. 1921 Unnamed fire 1,854 acres in total 1,541 acres shared
  5. 1921 Charlie Cyn Fire 4,581 acres in total 1,358 acres shared
  6. 1924 Unnamed fire 1,344 acres in total 487 acres shared
  7. 1924 Bee Cyn Fire 1,710 acres in total 1,629 acres shared
  8. 1924 Unnamed fire 1,281 acres in total 976 acres shared
  9. 1936 Clearwater No. 16 Fire 1,453 acres in total 462 acres shared
  10. 1964 Unnamed fire 380 acres shared
  11. 1964 Unnamed fire 11,365 acres in total 7,400 acres shared
  12. 1965 Unnamed fire 406 acres shared
  13. 1966 Charlie Fire 1,317 acres in total 496 acres shared
  14. 1969 San Fran Fire 857 acres shared
  15. 1974 Dry Fire 5,620 acres in total 1,255 acres shared
  16. 1980 Dam/Usfs Fire 7,848 acres in total 2,847 acres shared
  17. 1981 Reservoir Fire 587 acres shared
  18. 1996 Camp Anf Fire 794 acres in total 654 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2007 Buckweed Fire 38,348 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 3,052 acres shared
  2. 2018 Charlie Fire 3,351 acres in total 1,334 acres shared

And 43 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Copper 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