Ironside Fire

Wildfire in Trinity County, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6606/ironside-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 20, 2008
Contained July 31, 2008, after 41 days
Burned 12,834 acres
33rd largest fire of 2008
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Trinity County 12,834 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. 1940 Unnamed fire 1,331 acres in total 1,286 acres shared
  2. 1999 Onion Fire 15,961 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 118 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2012 Loma Fire 71 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 61 acres shared
  2. 2015 Happy Fire 68,095 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 802 acres shared
  3. 2015 Halsey Fire Cause: Lightning 7 acres shared
  4. 2017 Sandy Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 32 acres shared
  5. 2020 Flat Fire 62 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 59 acres shared
  6. 2021 Monument Fire 223,108 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12,761 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Ironside 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