Yellow Fire

Wildfire in Trinity County, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6693/yellow-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 21, 2008
Contained November 20, 2008, after 152 days
Burned 31,933 acres
11th largest fire of 2008
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Trinity County 31,681 acres
  2. Tehama County 242 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. 2006 Soldier Fire Cause: Lightning 14 acres shared
  2. 2006 Minnie Fire Cause: Lightning 5 acres shared
  3. 2007 Sugarlaof Fire 102 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 89 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2019 Haynes Fire Cause: Lightning 24 acres shared
  2. 2019 East Fire Cause: Lightning 400 acres shared
  3. 2020 August Complex 1,032,700 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 30,562 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Yellow 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