Reading Fire

Wildfire in Shasta County, July 2012

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7148/reading-fire-2012

Key facts

Started July 23, 2012
Contained November 13, 2012, after 113 days
Burned 28,073 acres
7th largest fire of 2012
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Shasta County 28,070 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. 1920 Unnamed fire 9,963 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,971 acres shared
  2. 1925 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 125 acres shared
  3. 1984 Badger Pnf Fire Cause: Lightning 568 acres shared
  4. 1984 Badger Wf Fire Cause: Lightning 498 acres shared
  5. 1984 Badger Fire Cause: Lightning 1,112 acres shared
  6. 2005 Prospect Peak Fire Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 98 acres shared
  7. 2009 Fairfield Fire 1,662 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 248 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2021 Dixie Fire 963,405 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 20,741 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Reading 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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