Iron Fire

Wildfire in Tehama and Trinity counties, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6657/iron-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 21, 2008
Contained August 23, 2008, after 63 days
Burned 30,660 acres
12th largest fire of 2008
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Tehama County 26,049 acres
  2. Trinity County 4,607 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. 1930 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 235 acres shared
  2. 1930 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 119 acres shared
  3. 1942 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 137 acres shared
  4. 1984 Unnamed fire 999 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 93 acres shared
  5. 1987 Lazyman Fire 1,497 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 851 acres shared
  6. 1988 Hermit Fire 8,147 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,166 acres shared
  7. 1996 Rock Fire 2,527 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,681 acres shared
  8. 2007 Lazy Fire 597 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 31 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2017 Buck Fire 13,357 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,644 acres shared
  2. 2019 South Fire 5,334 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,882 acres shared
  3. 2020 August Complex 1,032,700 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 18,571 acres shared
  4. 2021 Mcfarland Fire 122,448 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 515 acres shared
  5. 2021 Syd Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 203 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Iron 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