Rumsey Fire

Wildfire in Napa and Yolo counties, October 2004

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6113/rumsey-fire-2004

Key facts

Started October 10, 2004
Contained October 17, 2004, after 7 days
Burned 38,763 acres
Largest fire of 2004
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Napa County 32,684 acres
  2. Yolo County 6,083 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. 1951 R.haswell Fire 1,196 acres in total 703 acres shared
  2. 1952 Public Domain #3 Fire 437 acres in total 377 acres shared
  3. 1952 L. Gamble Fire 375 acres shared
  4. 1956 L.j. Gamble Fire 1,164 acres shared
  5. 1959 Roadside #41 Fire 1,135 acres shared
  6. 1970 Rumsey Series Fire 292 acres in total 151 acres shared
  7. 1972 Pocket Gulch Fire 10,431 acres in total 1,871 acres shared
  8. 1976 Davis Creek Fire 1,921 acres in total 136 acres shared
  9. 1987 Haswell Fire 344 acres in total 266 acres shared
  10. 1999 Rumsey Fire 2,995 acres in total 607 acres shared
  11. 1999 Sixteen Fire 37,893 acres in total · Cause: Arson 12,691 acres shared
  12. 2002 Sixteen Fire 1,514 acres in total · Cause: Arson 700 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2006 Rumsey Fire 81 acres in total · Cause: Arson 64 acres shared
  2. 2011 Knoxville Fire Cause: Smoking 507 acres shared
  3. 2012 Sixteen Complex 17,942 acres in total · Cause: Arson 216 acres shared
  4. 2016 Knoxville Fire 41 acres shared
  5. 2018 County Fire 89,831 acres in total 14,450 acres shared
  6. 2019 Sand Fire 2,422 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 187 acres shared
  7. 2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 34,387 acres shared
  8. 2025 Berry Fire 67 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 66 acres shared

And 3 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Rumsey 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

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