Sayre Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, November 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6783/sayre-fire-2008

Key facts

Started November 14, 2008
Contained December 5, 2008, after 21 days
Burned 11,260 acres
37th largest fire of 2008
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 11,260 acres

Communities

  1. Los Angeles 2,576 acres
  2. Santa Clarita 880 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. 1911 Unnamed fire 746 acres in total 651 acres shared
  2. 1916 Unnamed fire 562 acres in total 555 acres shared
  3. 1916 Tunnel Fire 3,441 acres in total 729 acres shared
  4. 1919 Ravenna Fire 70,796 acres in total 5,725 acres shared
  5. 1932 Wilson Cyn Fire 756 acres in total 324 acres shared
  6. 1942 Autry Fire 833 acres in total 627 acres shared
  7. 1943 Grapevine Fire 1,237 acres in total 1,211 acres shared
  8. 1954 Sable Fire 1,791 acres in total 830 acres shared
  9. 1960 Unnamed fire 500 acres shared
  10. 1962 Newhall Fire 8,583 acres in total 5,287 acres shared
  11. 1966 Loop Fire 2,143 acres in total 2,035 acres shared
  12. 1969 Weldon Fire 4,010 acres in total 1,382 acres shared
  13. 1970 Clampitt Fire 115,537 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 316 acres shared
  14. 1988 Divide Fire 3,812 acres in total 722 acres shared
  15. 1988 Sesnon Fire 2,659 acres in total 1,169 acres shared
  16. 1991 Sylmar Fire 702 acres shared
  17. 2004 Foothill Fire 5,970 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,056 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2016 Sand Fire 41,383 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 674 acres shared
  2. 2019 Saddle Ridge Fire 8,799 acres in total 4,521 acres shared
  3. 2025 Hurst Fire 831 acres shared

And 29 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sayre 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