Springs Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, May 2013

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7219/springs-fire-2013

Key facts

Started May 2, 2013
Contained May 11, 2013, after 9 days
Burned 23,677 acres
5th largest fire of 2013
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 23,675 acres

Communities

  1. Thousand Oaks 853 acres
  2. Camarillo 279 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. 1930 Potrero No. 42 Fire 20,393 acres in total 3,865 acres shared
  2. 1947 La Fouge Fire 507 acres in total 435 acres shared
  3. 1951 Rancho Sierra Vista Fire 3,287 acres shared
  4. 1951 Houston Fire 565 acres in total 93 acres shared
  5. 1955 Ventu Park Fire 13,957 acres in total 6,928 acres shared
  6. 1957 Conejo Grade Fire 1,385 acres in total 777 acres shared
  7. 1959 Broome Ranch Fire 1,237 acres shared
  8. 1968 Conejo Grade Brush Fire 857 acres in total 494 acres shared
  9. 1973 Potrero Fire 12,298 acres in total 11,386 acres shared
  10. 1975 Potrero Fire 3,019 acres in total 2,130 acres shared
  11. 1979 Conejo Grade Fire 150 acres in total 111 acres shared
  12. 1980 Hill Canyon Fire 11,975 acres in total 5,111 acres shared
  13. 1988 Sycamore Fire 367 acres shared
  14. 1989 Pacific Fire 3,180 acres in total 1,832 acres shared
  15. 1992 Broome Ranch Fire 1,310 acres in total 1,136 acres shared
  16. 1993 Green Meadows Fire 38,479 acres in total 19,821 acres shared
  17. 2003 Sycamore Incident Fire Cause: Power lines 77 acres shared
  18. 2006 Round Mtn Fire 129 acres in total 125 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2018 Woolsey Fire 89,551 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 968 acres shared
  2. 2018 Hill Fire 4,310 acres in total 581 acres shared

And 9 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Springs 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