Eagle Fire

Wildfire in Trinity County, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6644/eagle-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 21, 2008
Contained October 4, 2008, after 105 days
Burned 32,024 acres
10th largest fire of 2008
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Trinity County 32,023 acres

Community

  1. Junction City 5,305 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. 1931 Unnamed fire 97 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 94 acres shared
  2. 1931 Unnamed fire 283 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 85 acres shared
  3. 1931 Unnamed fire 1,925 acres in total 25 acres shared
  4. 1945 Unnamed fire 5,646 acres in total 1,159 acres shared
  5. 1949 Unnamed fire 156 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 89 acres shared
  6. 1955 Unnamed fire 3,214 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 211 acres shared
  7. 1980 Unnamed fire 1,443 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,014 acres shared
  8. 1983 Stiner Flt Fire Cause: Equipment use 30 acres shared
  9. 1984 Helena Fire Cause: Power lines 12 acres shared
  10. 1988 Unnamed fire 702 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 651 acres shared
  11. 1992 Brock Fire Cause: Power lines 107 acres shared
  12. 2004 Price Fire Cause: Lightning 63 acres shared
  13. 2006 Pigeon Fire 35,094 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 26 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2017 Helena Fire 18,494 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,155 acres shared
  2. 2021 Monument Fire 223,108 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 30,641 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Eagle 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