Gallery Fire

Wildfire in Monterey County, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6647/gallery-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 21, 2008
Contained July 27, 2008, after 36 days
Burned 163,607 acres
Largest fire of 2008 and 23rd largest in California's records
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Monterey County 163,607 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. 1911 Unnamed fire 3,214 acres shared
  2. 1916 Unnamed fire 6,135 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,622 acres shared
  3. 1918 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 3,448 acres shared
  4. 1921 Unnamed fire 8,289 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7,473 acres shared
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 54,480 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 43,824 acres shared
  6. 1928 Unnamed fire 20,898 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 13,520 acres shared
  7. 1933 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 7,429 acres shared
  8. 1933 Unnamed fire 7,901 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,338 acres shared
  9. 1950 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 2,941 acres shared
  10. 1950 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 2,508 acres shared
  11. 1954 Devil Fire 13,094 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,159 acres shared
  12. 1972 Molera Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 3,906 acres shared
  13. 1977 Marble-Cone Fire 173,333 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 127,144 acres shared
  14. 1985 Gorda-Rat Fire 56,158 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12,401 acres shared
  15. 1989 Molera #2 Fire 2,745 acres in total 2,526 acres shared
  16. 1996 Sur Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 4,404 acres shared
  17. 1999 Kirk Fire 85,835 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 36,379 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2016 Soberanes Fire 132,104 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 92,424 acres shared
  2. 2020 Dolan Fire 124,527 acres in total 22,230 acres shared
  3. 2021 Willow Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 2,877 acres shared

And 26 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Gallery 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