Lion Fire

Wildfire in Tulare County, July 2011

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7011/lion-fire-2011

Key facts

Started July 8, 2011
Contained November 8, 2011, after 123 days
Burned 20,682 acres
3rd largest fire of 2011
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tulare County 20,682 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. 1919 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 151 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 39 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 38 acres shared
  3. 1928 Unnamed fire 134 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 127 acres shared
  4. 1928 Unnamed fire 10 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8 acres shared
  5. 1928 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 6 acres shared
  6. 1932 Unknown Fire 1,022 acres in total 55 acres shared
  7. 1935 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 6 acres shared
  8. 1949 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 29 acres shared
  9. 1976 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 27 acres shared
  10. 2006 Tamarack Wfu Fire 4,656 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 77 acres shared
  11. 2009 Shotgun Fire 1,333 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 535 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2015 Cabin Seq Fire 6,996 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,540 acres shared
  2. 2017 Lion Fire 18,914 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,927 acres shared
  3. 2020 Castle Fire 170,648 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 139 acres shared
  4. 2021 Walkers Fire 8,779 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7,905 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Lion 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