Williams Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, September 2002

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5808/williams-fire-2002

Key facts

Started September 22, 2002
Contained October 10, 2002, after 18 days
Burned 38,119 acres
4th largest fire of 2002
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 38,119 acres

Communities

  1. Glendora 3,406 acres
  2. San Dimas 2,036 acres
  3. La Verne 337 acres
  4. Claremont 129 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. 1913 Unnamed fire 571 acres in total 518 acres shared
  2. 1914 Unnamed fire 1,711 acres in total 1,378 acres shared
  3. 1914 Unnamed fire 729 acres in total 484 acres shared
  4. 1919 Berry Flat Fire 477 acres in total 466 acres shared
  5. 1919 San Gabriel Fire 54,610 acres in total 23,387 acres shared
  6. 1938 San Antonio Cyn Fire 3,322 acres in total 2,563 acres shared
  7. 1953 Barrett Fire 6,868 acres in total 1,859 acres shared
  8. 1960 Unnamed fire 15,014 acres in total 2,679 acres shared
  9. 1960 Unnamed fire 22,736 acres in total 22,485 acres shared
  10. 1962 Unnamed fire 861 acres in total 772 acres shared
  11. 1968 Canyon Inn Fire 19,056 acres in total 721 acres shared
  12. 1970 Fork/Usfs Fire 4,234 acres in total 1,750 acres shared
  13. 1975 Village Fire 14,247 acres in total 9,267 acres shared
  14. 1979 Unnamed fire 2,032 acres shared
  15. 1980 Monroe/Usfs Fire 2,889 acres shared
  16. 1981 Mull Fire 668 acres in total 557 acres shared
  17. 1999 Bridge Fire 7,234 acres in total · Cause: Arson 948 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2003 Padua Fire 10,458 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,218 acres shared
  2. 2009 Morris Fire 2,237 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,110 acres shared
  3. 2024 Bridge Fire 55,724 acres in total 3,850 acres shared

And 59 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Williams 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