Rush Fire

Wildfire in Lassen County, August 2012

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7176/rush-fire-2012

Key facts

Started August 12, 2012
Contained October 22, 2012, after 71 days
Burned 315,512 acres
Largest fire of 2012 and 9th largest in California's records
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Lassen County 271,668 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. 1954 Unnamed fire 2,201 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 1,024 acres shared
  2. 1961 Lightning #20 Fire 13,003 acres in total 11,703 acres shared
  3. 1964 Harrison Springs Fire 1,176 acres in total 1,148 acres shared
  4. 1985 Unnamed fire 600 acres in total 497 acres shared
  5. 1990 Unnamed fire 14,467 acres shared
  6. 1995 Demo Fire 447 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 155 acres shared
  7. 2002 Rush Fire Cause: Lightning 4,846 acres shared
  8. 2003 Smoke Fire 7,784 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7,690 acres shared
  9. 2003 Skedaddle Fire 286 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 279 acres shared
  10. 2004 Stoney Fire Cause: Lightning 954 acres shared
  11. 2006 Observation Complex 4,393 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,619 acres shared
  12. 2007 Bull Fire Cause: Lightning 168 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2015 Shinn Fire Cause: Lightning 111 acres shared
  2. 2017 R-9 Shinn Fire Cause: Lightning 278 acres shared
  3. 2017 R-4 Ranch Fire Cause: Lightning 120 acres shared
  4. 2017 R-5 Stoney Fire Cause: Lightning 204 acres shared
  5. 2017 R-5 Spanish Fire Cause: Lightning 166 acres shared
  6. 2017 R-4 Parsnip Fire 18,602 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,766 acres shared
  7. 2020 R-2 Trumbull Fire Cause: Lightning 575 acres shared
  8. 2020 R-3 Skeddadle Fire Cause: Lightning 197 acres shared

And 19 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Rush 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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