Mcnally Fire

Wildfire in Tulare County, July 2002

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5777/mcnally-fire-2002

Key facts

Started July 21, 2002
Contained August 28, 2002, after 38 days
Burned 149,475 acres
2nd largest fire of 2002 and 30th largest in California's records
Cause Campfire
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tulare County 149,456 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. 1917 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 487 acres shared
  2. 1918 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 656 acres shared
  3. 1928 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,320 acres shared
  4. 1929 Unnamed fire 1,480 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,233 acres shared
  5. 1931 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 329 acres shared
  6. 1940 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 4,012 acres shared
  7. 1940 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 323 acres shared
  8. 1949 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 391 acres shared
  9. 1959 Unnamed fire 9,433 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,210 acres shared
  10. 1975 Flat Fire 18,737 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 16,133 acres shared
  11. 1977 Bonita Fire 7,428 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,419 acres shared
  12. 1989 Calkins Fire 555 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 496 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2011 Willows Fire Cause: Arson 1,120 acres shared
  2. 2017 Schaeffer Fire 15,833 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 15,446 acres shared
  3. 2017 Indian Fire Cause: Lightning 2,294 acres shared
  4. 2019 Jordan Fire Cause: Lightning 591 acres shared
  5. 2019 Schaeffer Fire Cause: Lightning 287 acres shared
  6. 2020 Castle Fire 170,648 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 32,436 acres shared
  7. 2021 Windy Fire 97,528 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 11,398 acres shared
  8. 2024 Trout Fire 23,822 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 840 acres shared

And 50 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Mcnally 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