Indians Fire

Wildfire in Monterey County, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6586/indians-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 8, 2008
Contained July 10, 2008, after 32 days
Burned 76,460 acres
2nd largest fire of 2008 and 78th largest in California's records
Cause Campfire
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Where it burned

County

  1. Monterey County 76,460 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 1,876 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 780 acres shared
  2. 1920 Unnamed fire 295 acres shared
  3. 1921 Unnamed fire 8,289 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 815 acres shared
  4. 1936 Unnamed fire 1,800 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,538 acres shared
  5. 1941 Unnamed fire 418 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 391 acres shared
  6. 1941 Unnamed fire 375 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 358 acres shared
  7. 1941 Unnamed fire 406 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 351 acres shared
  8. 1968 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 4,254 acres shared
  9. 1975 Unnamed fire 293 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 264 acres shared
  10. 1976 Indians Fire 9,909 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 6,286 acres shared
  11. 1977 Marble-Cone Fire 173,333 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 40,107 acres shared
  12. 1985 Seco Fire 1,565 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,093 acres shared
  13. 1985 Gorda-Rat Fire 56,158 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,764 acres shared
  14. 1987 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,100 acres shared
  15. 1992 Seco Fire 2,659 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,008 acres shared
  16. 1999 Kirk Fire 85,835 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 641 acres shared
  17. 2003 Del Venturi Fire 705 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 479 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2016 Coleman Fire 2,523 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 1,806 acres shared
  2. 2020 Dolan Fire 124,527 acres in total 21,026 acres shared
  3. 2020 Coleman Fire 563 acres shared

And 8 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Indians 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