Corral Fire

Wildfire in San Joaquin County, August 2009

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6858/corral-fire-2009

Key facts

Started August 13, 2009
Contained August 20, 2009, after 7 days
Burned 12,243 acres
4th largest fire of 2009
Cause Miscellaneous

Where it burned

County

  1. San Joaquin County 12,239 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. 1952 Mitchell Fire 1,115 acres in total 1,080 acres shared
  2. 1970 Carnegie #3 Fire 4,390 acres in total 1,061 acres shared
  3. 1984 Site 300 #3 Fire 7,605 acres in total 13 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2019 Hollow Fire 282 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 209 acres shared
  2. 2020 Scu Lightning Complex 396,824 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6,114 acres shared
  3. 2024 Corral Fire 14,167 acres in total 5 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Corral 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