Sesnon Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, October 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6775/sesnon-fire-2008

Key facts

Started October 13, 2008
Contained Not recorded
Burned 14,701 acres
25th largest fire of 2008
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Los Angeles County 12,780 acres
  2. Ventura County 1,917 acres

Communities

  1. Los Angeles 2,323 acres
  2. Simi Valley 31 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. 1928 Russell Oil Well #60 Fire 1,222 acres in total 1,200 acres shared
  2. 1942 Autry Fire 833 acres in total 95 acres shared
  3. 1943 Bellanger Ranch Fire 1,448 acres in total 139 acres shared
  4. 1950 Browns Cyn/Limekiln Fire 4,234 acres in total 1,721 acres shared
  5. 1957 Santa Susana Pass Fire 4,734 acres in total 2,287 acres shared
  6. 1959 Unnamed fire 126 acres in total 106 acres shared
  7. 1964 Unnamed fire 2,692 acres in total 1,782 acres shared
  8. 1967 Devonshire-Parker Fire 23,094 acres in total 137 acres shared
  9. 1968 Brown Fire 1,799 acres in total 1,670 acres shared
  10. 1969 Weldon Fire 4,010 acres in total 1,057 acres shared
  11. 1970 Clampitt Fire 115,537 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 13,705 acres shared
  12. 1973 Gopher Fire 164 acres shared
  13. 1981 Oat Fire 17,787 acres in total 9,377 acres shared
  14. 1985 Hummingbird Fire 2,383 acres in total 537 acres shared
  15. 1988 Keuhner Fire 3,819 acres in total 1,398 acres shared
  16. 1988 Sesnon Fire 2,659 acres in total 1,339 acres shared
  17. 1993 Chatsworth Fire 1,931 acres in total 179 acres shared
  18. 2003 Simi Fire 107,570 acres in total 8,221 acres shared
  19. 2005 Topanga Fire 23,396 acres in total 188 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2019 Saddle Ridge Fire 8,799 acres in total 2,526 acres shared

And 36 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sesnon 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