Curve Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, September 2002

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5797/curve-fire-2002

Key facts

Started September 1, 2002
Contained September 14, 2002, after 13 days
Burned 20,871 acres
7th largest fire of 2002
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 20,870 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. 1910 Unnamed fire 54 acres shared
  2. 1916 Unnamed fire 513 acres shared
  3. 1919 San Gabriel Fire 54,610 acres in total 11,886 acres shared
  4. 1928 Unnamed fire 107 acres in total 105 acres shared
  5. 1946 Crystal Lake Fire 83 acres in total 82 acres shared
  6. 1953 Fish Fork Fire 24,610 acres in total 5,277 acres shared
  7. 1957 Gale Fire 24,708 acres in total 1,676 acres shared
  8. 1960 Unnamed fire 15,014 acres in total 5,010 acres shared
  9. 1970 Fork/Usfs Fire 4,234 acres in total 2,344 acres shared
  10. 1982 Unnamed fire 51 acres shared
  11. 1984 Unnamed fire 282 acres shared
  12. 1994 Heaton Fire 594 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 57 acres shared
  13. 1996 Bichota Fire 1,573 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 1,557 acres shared
  14. 1997 Narrows Fire 18,160 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 48 acres shared
  15. 1999 Bridge Fire 7,234 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,092 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2006 Nowhere Fire 213 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 49 acres shared
  2. 2012 Williams Fire 4,192 acres in total 757 acres shared
  3. 2015 Cabin Fire 1,462 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,295 acres shared
  4. 2020 Bobcat Fire 115,998 acres in total 1,679 acres shared
  5. 2024 Bridge Fire 55,724 acres in total 2,654 acres shared

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