Ranch Fire

Wildfire in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, October 2007

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6546/ranch-fire-2007

Key facts

Started October 20, 2007
Contained November 15, 2007, after 26 days
Burned 58,410 acres
5th largest fire of 2007
Cause Equipment use
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Ventura County 30,986 acres
  2. Los Angeles County 27,418 acres

Communities

  1. Hasley Canyon 2,286 acres
  2. Val Verde 1,053 acres
  3. Castaic 24 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 10,285 acres in total 7,466 acres shared
  2. 1913 Unnamed fire 8,355 acres in total 5,262 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 44,009 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 14,182 acres shared
  4. 1925 Unnamed fire 2,621 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,293 acres shared
  5. 1928 Unnamed fire 1,664 acres shared
  6. 1928 Ridge #98 Fire 43,472 acres in total 26,741 acres shared
  7. 1954 Hopper Fire 3,084 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,813 acres shared
  8. 1961 Donlon & Fletcher Fire 2,426 acres shared
  9. 1970 Mayo Fire 7,144 acres in total 2,431 acres shared
  10. 1971 Blue Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 2,793 acres shared
  11. 1975 Blanca Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,342 acres shared
  12. 1984 Squaw Flat Fire 6,088 acres in total 3,019 acres shared
  13. 1988 Piru Fire 13,311 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 6,718 acres shared
  14. 1997 Hopper Fire 24,797 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 15,570 acres shared
  15. 1998 Piru Incident Fire 12,613 acres in total 4,193 acres shared
  16. 1999 Holser Incident Fire 2,526 acres in total 1,902 acres shared
  17. 2003 Piru Fire 63,726 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 18,764 acres shared
  18. 2003 Verdale Fire 8,474 acres in total · Cause: Aircraft 3,728 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Holser Fire 2,189 acres in total 1,930 acres shared
  2. 2025 Canyon Fire 5,368 acres in total 5,115 acres shared

And 65 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Ranch 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