French Fire

Wildfire in Madera County, July 2014

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7338/french-fire-2014

Key facts

Started July 27, 2014
Contained August 18, 2014, after 22 days
Burned 13,832 acres
9th largest fire of 2014
Cause Campfire
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Madera County 13,824 acres
  2. Fresno County 2 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. 1911 Unnamed fire 77 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 68 acres shared
  2. 1919 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 44 acres shared
  3. 1919 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 38 acres shared
  4. 1921 Unnamed fire 59 acres shared
  5. 1925 Unnamed fire 40 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 11 acres shared
  6. 1937 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 536 acres shared
  7. 1939 Unnamed fire 15,313 acres in total 1,582 acres shared
  8. 1947 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 54 acres shared
  9. 1953 Unnamed fire 44 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 30 acres shared
  10. 1957 Unnamed fire 66 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 65 acres shared
  11. 1964 Unnamed fire 47 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 46 acres shared
  12. 1984 Rock Fire 27 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 26 acres shared
  13. 2002 Rock Creek 2 Fire 402 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 305 acres shared
  14. 2007 Rock Fire 86 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 16 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2019 Fish Fire Cause: Equipment use 77 acres shared
  2. 2020 Creek Fire 379,842 acres in total 13,825 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the French 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