Telegraph Fire

Wildfire in Mariposa County, July 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6740/telegraph-fire-2008

Key facts

Started July 25, 2008
Contained August 1, 2008, after 7 days
Burned 34,084 acres
9th largest fire of 2008
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Mariposa County 34,079 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. 1917 Unnamed fire 377 acres shared
  2. 1920 Unnamed fire 1,601 acres in total 1,250 acres shared
  3. 1923 Unnamed fire 362 acres in total 17 acres shared
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire 37,135 acres in total 8,487 acres shared
  5. 1925 Unnamed fire 204 acres shared
  6. 1931 Unnamed fire 8,130 acres in total 3,412 acres shared
  7. 1934 Unnamed fire 820 acres in total 779 acres shared
  8. 1951 Fox Creek Fire 571 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 542 acres shared
  9. 1953 Cassacia #2 Fire 552 acres in total 31 acres shared
  10. 1956 Casaccia #6 Fire 381 acres in total 129 acres shared
  11. 1959 Briceburg Fire 2,856 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 2,003 acres shared
  12. 1972 Soap Fire 49 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 21 acres shared
  13. 1976 Bonell Fire Cause: Arson 475 acres shared
  14. 1983 Lightning #7 Fire 705 acres in total 374 acres shared
  15. 1985 Brileburg Fire 982 acres in total 964 acres shared
  16. 1985 Briceburg Fire 982 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 964 acres shared
  17. 1987 Larson Fire 48,087 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 483 acres shared
  18. 1993 Whitlock Fire Cause: Campfire 136 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2014 Montgomery Fire Cause: Smoking 79 acres shared
  2. 2017 Detwiler Fire 81,826 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,203 acres shared

And 1 more fire that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Telegraph 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

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