Lick Fire

Wildfire in Stanislaus and Santa Clara counties, September 2007

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6532/lick-fire-2007

Key facts

Started September 3, 2007
Contained September 15, 2007, after 12 days
Burned 47,748 acres
7th largest fire of 2007
Cause Debris burning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Stanislaus County 24,122 acres
  2. Santa Clara County 23,621 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. 1952 Shanti Ashrama Fire 5,458 acres in total 3,521 acres shared
  2. 1961 Bollinger Ridge Fire 32,866 acres in total 27,493 acres shared
  3. 2003 Hoover Fire Cause: Lightning 168 acres shared
  4. 2006 Canyon Fire 34,218 acres in total 6 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2016 Coe Fire 85 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 84 acres shared
  2. 2020 Scu Lightning Complex 396,824 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 44,963 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Lick 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