Guiberson Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, September 2009

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6885/guiberson-fire-2009

Key facts

Started September 22, 2009
Contained September 24, 2009, after 2 days
Burned 17,527 acres
3rd largest fire of 2009
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 17,525 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. 1942 Baker Fire 1,629 acres in total 752 acres shared
  2. 1943 Jones Canyon Fire 522 acres shared
  3. 1944 Long Canyon Fire 462 acres in total 112 acres shared
  4. 1946 Wiley Canyon Fire 21,266 acres in total 12,370 acres shared
  5. 1953 Shields Lease Fire 11,775 acres in total 8,291 acres shared
  6. 1956 Bi Brush Fire 1,596 acres in total 1,490 acres shared
  7. 1958 Calumet Canyon Fire 17,214 acres in total 10,423 acres shared
  8. 1967 Sence Ranch Fire 18,354 acres in total 965 acres shared
  9. 1969 Torrey Canyon Fire 1,655 acres in total 1,184 acres shared
  10. 1970 Clampitt Fire 115,537 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 10,991 acres shared
  11. 1970 Wiley Fire 449 acres in total 441 acres shared
  12. 1978 Happy Camp Fire 463 acres in total 433 acres shared
  13. 1984 Grimes Fire 11,305 acres in total 4,517 acres shared
  14. 1990 Shiells Fire 403 acres in total 375 acres shared
  15. 2003 Simi Fire 107,570 acres in total 17,452 acres shared
  16. 2006 Shekell Fire 13,618 acres in total 5,161 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2013 Bardsdale Fire 12 acres shared
  2. 2019 South Fire 131 acres shared
  3. 2024 Balcom Fire 2 acres shared
  4. 2024 Mountain Fire 19,902 acres in total 2,968 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Guiberson 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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