Power Fire

Wildfire in Amador County, October 2004

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6111/power-fire-2004

Key facts

Started October 6, 2004
Contained October 21, 2004, after 15 days
Burned 16,983 acres
2nd largest fire of 2004
Cause Equipment use
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Where it burned

County

  1. Amador County 16,981 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: Lightning 2,051 acres shared
  2. 1917 Cold Ck Fire 992 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 296 acres shared
  3. 1918 Unnamed fire 37 acres shared
  4. 1918 Bear River Fire 1,748 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,291 acres shared
  5. 1918 Bull Ck Fire Cause: Lightning 51 acres shared
  6. 1919 Unnamed fire 1,107 acres in total 966 acres shared
  7. 1919 West Sherman Ck Fire 681 acres in total 434 acres shared
  8. 1922 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 274 acres shared
  9. 1925 Deadman's Flat Fire 189 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 177 acres shared
  10. 1927 Unnamed fire 308 acres shared
  11. 1927 P.g. & E.co Mokelume Fire 1,131 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,105 acres shared
  12. 1956 Unnamed fire 160 acres in total 152 acres shared
  13. 1978 Unnamed fire Cause: Debris burning 129 acres shared
  14. 1991 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 154 acres shared
  15. 1992 Salt Fire 53 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 34 acres shared
  16. 1993 Road Fire 127 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 118 acres shared
  17. 2002 Ellis 2 Fire 113 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 90 acres shared
  18. 2002 Bear 2 Fire 49 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 48 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2011 Salt Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 341 acres shared
  2. 2016 Salt Fire 78 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 77 acres shared

And 9 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Power 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