Westville Fire

Wildfire in Placer County, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6689/westville-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 21, 2008
Contained August 1, 2008, after 41 days
Burned 11,090 acres
39th largest fire of 2008
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Placer County 11,085 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. 1910 Unnamed fire 1,533 acres in total 24 acres shared
  2. 1931 Unnamed fire 620 acres in total 2 acres shared
  3. 1936 Mckenzie Mill Fire 21,288 acres in total 254 acres shared
  4. 1948 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 130 acres shared
  5. 1960 Volcano Fire 42,596 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 847 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2013 American Fire 27,431 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 584 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Westville 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