Station Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, August 2009

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6867/station-fire-2009

Key facts

Started August 26, 2009
Contained September 22, 2009, after 27 days
Burned 160,833 acres
Largest fire of 2009 and 26th largest in California's records
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 160,829 acres

Communities

  1. Los Angeles 3,206 acres
  2. La Cañada Flintridge 933 acres
  3. Glendale 880 acres
  4. Pasadena 721 acres
  5. La Crescenta-Montrose 476 acres
  6. Altadena 78 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. 1878 Unnamed fire 59,469 acres in total 42,334 acres shared
  2. 1896 Unnamed fire 7,530 acres shared
  3. 1900 Big Fire 16,961 acres in total 8,337 acres shared
  4. 1913 Unnamed fire 7,017 acres in total 6,059 acres shared
  5. 1915 Unnamed fire 15,096 acres in total 11,679 acres shared
  6. 1919 Ravenna Fire 70,796 acres in total 38,148 acres shared
  7. 1924 San Gabriel Fire 43,050 acres in total 12,451 acres shared
  8. 1925 Hell Hole Fire 5,728 acres shared
  9. 1933 Montrose/La Cresc Fire 5,095 acres in total 4,602 acres shared
  10. 1934 Brown Mtn No. 29 Fire 3,772 acres in total 3,700 acres shared
  11. 1953 Sulphur Fire 31,709 acres in total 8,569 acres shared
  12. 1957 Gleason Fire 5,947 acres shared
  13. 1959 Woodwardia Fire 14,318 acres shared
  14. 1960 Unnamed fire 28,393 acres in total 6,273 acres shared
  15. 1975 Pacoima/Usfs Fire 6,594 acres shared
  16. 1975 Mill/Usfs Fire 51,220 acres in total 37,889 acres shared
  17. 1977 Middle/Usfs Fire 4,137 acres shared
  18. 1979 Sage/Usfs Fire 28,913 acres in total 24,260 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2016 Sand Fire 41,383 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 10,076 acres shared
  2. 2020 Bobcat Fire 115,998 acres in total 13,664 acres shared

And 97 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Station 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