Corral Fire

Wildfire in Humboldt and Trinity counties, August 2013

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7272/corral-fire-2013

Key facts

Started August 10, 2013
Contained October 2, 2013, after 53 days
Burned 12,541 acres
11th largest fire of 2013
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Humboldt County 11,715 acres
  2. Trinity County 816 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. 1969 Grizzly Fire 5 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4 acres shared
  2. 1999 Megram Fire 125,073 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12,470 acres shared
  3. 2009 Lt-17(Backbone) Fire 5,194 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 325 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2015 Happy Fire 68,095 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 334 acres shared
  2. 2015 East Fire 1,531 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 94 acres shared
  3. 2015 Groves Fire 6,803 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 59 acres shared
  4. 2020 Red Salmon Complex 143,836 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8,109 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Corral 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