Rocky Fire

Wildfire in Lake, Colusa and Yolo counties, July 2015

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7417/rocky-fire-2015

Key facts

Started July 29, 2015
Contained August 14, 2015, after 16 days
Burned 69,438 acres
4th largest fire of 2015 and 83rd largest in California's records
Cause Miscellaneous
Buildings 97 destroyed, 8 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Lake County 53,332 acres
  2. Colusa County 10,451 acres
  3. Yolo County 5,649 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.

Buildings damaged

  1. Destroyed Over 50% damaged 97
  2. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 6
  3. Affected Up to 10% damaged 2

Buildings CAL FIRE inspected after the fire, by how badly each was damaged. Inspectors record homes, businesses and outbuildings within 100 meters of the fire, and cannot always reach every one, so the counts can differ slightly from other reports.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1951 Richard A. Kant Fire 6,202 acres in total 1,723 acres shared
  2. 1951 Trout Creek Fire 350 acres shared
  3. 1955 E. Payne Fire 551 acres shared
  4. 1956 Buck Mountain #2 Fire 448 acres shared
  5. 1960 Bear Springs Fire 1,324 acres shared
  6. 1961 B.l.m. #1 Fire 634 acres shared
  7. 1962 Cache Creek Fire 702 acres in total 664 acres shared
  8. 1964 Cache Creek Fire 375 acres in total 329 acres shared
  9. 1967 39th Street Fire 3,399 acres in total 738 acres shared
  10. 1970 Indian Creek Fire 487 acres in total 262 acres shared
  11. 1981 Grizzly Fire 4,811 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,908 acres shared
  12. 1981 Langes Peak Fire 14,448 acres in total · Cause: Arson 9,829 acres shared
  13. 1990 Eagle Fire 1,922 acres in total 1,683 acres shared
  14. 1999 Sixteen Fire 37,893 acres in total · Cause: Arson 4,299 acres shared
  15. 2000 Morgan Fire 3,316 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 2,194 acres shared
  16. 2003 Morgan Fire Cause: Lightning 144 acres shared
  17. 2003 Brushy Fire Cause: Lightning 198 acres shared
  18. 2009 Oasis Fire Cause: Campfire 1,573 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2018 Pawnee Fire 15,197 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 597 acres shared
  2. 2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,841 acres shared

And 12 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Rocky 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