Moonlight Fire

Wildfire in Plumas County, September 2007

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6534/moonlight-fire-2007

Key facts

Started September 3, 2007
Contained September 25, 2007, after 22 days
Burned 64,960 acres
4th largest fire of 2007 and 94th largest in California's records
Cause Equipment use
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Plumas County 64,524 acres
  2. Lassen County 436 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. 1920 Unnamed fire 299 acres in total 293 acres shared
  2. 1932 Unnamed fire 433 acres in total 365 acres shared
  3. 1932 Unnamed fire 208 acres shared
  4. 1938 Unnamed fire 376 acres in total 368 acres shared
  5. 1950 Lone Rock Valley Fire 293 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 283 acres shared
  6. 1959 Plumas N.f. #2 Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,409 acres shared
  7. 1964 Cooks Fire 501 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 492 acres shared
  8. 1966 Unnamed fire 2,681 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,181 acres shared
  9. 1972 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 10 acres shared
  10. 1977 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 16 acres shared
  11. 1986 Unnamed fire 30 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 29 acres shared
  12. 1990 Unnamed fire 9 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8 acres shared
  13. 1996 Cooks Fire 1,138 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 811 acres shared
  14. 2001 Stream Fire 3,526 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 742 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Sheep Fire 29,541 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,913 acres shared
  2. 2021 Dixie Fire 963,405 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 43,878 acres shared
  3. 2021 Lone Rock Fire 78 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Moonlight 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