Washington Fire

Wildfire in Alpine County, June 2015

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7387/washington-fire-2015

Key facts

Started June 19, 2015
Contained July 9, 2015, after 20 days
Burned 17,780 acres
10th largest fire of 2015
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Alpine County 17,780 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. 1941 Unnamed fire 227 acres shared
  2. 1947 Unnamed fire 14,395 acres in total 2,384 acres shared
  3. 1947 Unnamed fire 307 acres shared
  4. 1949 Unnamed fire 8,817 acres in total 392 acres shared
  5. 1953 Unnamed fire 335 acres shared
  6. 1954 Unnamed fire 254 acres in total 46 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2021 Tamarack Fire 67,055 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 339 acres shared
  2. 2023 Wolf Creek Fire 33 acres in total 1 acre shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Washington 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