Buckweed Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, October 2007

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6547/buckweed-fire-2007

Key facts

Started October 21, 2007
Contained October 21, 2007, after 0 days
Burned 38,348 acres
8th largest fire of 2007
Cause Playing with fire
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 38,345 acres

Communities

  1. Santa Clarita 3,554 acres
  2. Agua Dulce 590 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. 1916 Unnamed fire 4,761 acres in total 3,234 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 3,339 acres in total 2,592 acres shared
  3. 1922 Bouquet Fire 1,606 acres shared
  4. 1922 Mint Cyn Fire 20,512 acres in total 6,727 acres shared
  5. 1928 Walker No. 97 Fire 1,684 acres shared
  6. 1949 Haskell Fire 6,948 acres in total 5,987 acres shared
  7. 1961 Unnamed fire 6,111 acres in total 5,379 acres shared
  8. 1963 Unnamed fire 2,683 acres in total 1,381 acres shared
  9. 1964 Unnamed fire 11,365 acres in total 3,732 acres shared
  10. 1964 Unnamed fire 3,507 acres in total 1,870 acres shared
  11. 1969 San Fran Fire 855 acres shared
  12. 1970 San Francisquito Fire 4,489 acres in total 1,464 acres shared
  13. 1970 Agua Dulce Fire 21,756 acres in total 11,442 acres shared
  14. 1974 Rock/Usfs Fire 1,782 acres shared
  15. 1974 Mystic/Usfs Fire 1,071 acres shared
  16. 1979 Fall Cyn Fire 1,510 acres shared
  17. 1980 Jones/Usfs Fire 899 acres shared
  18. 2001 Stables Fire 6,402 acres in total 2,880 acres shared
  19. 2002 Bouquet Fire 4,285 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,761 acres shared
  20. 2002 Copper Fire 19,102 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 3,052 acres shared

And 106 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Buckweed 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