Johnson Fire

Wildfire in Trinity and Humboldt counties, July 2015

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7434/johnson-fire-2015

Key facts

Started July 30, 2015
Contained October 30, 2015, after 92 days
Burned 17,821 acres
9th largest fire of 2015
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Trinity County 12,638 acres
  2. Humboldt County 5,177 acres

Community

  1. Hyampom 127 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. 1917 Unnamed fire 637 acres in total 425 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 637 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 179 acres shared
  3. 1954 Capital Lumber Co. Fire 1,424 acres in total 43 acres shared
  4. 1987 Blake Fire 3,179 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,797 acres shared
  5. 1987 Jessie Fire 3,239 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 330 acres shared
  6. 1987 Unnamed fire 1,119 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4 acres shared
  7. 1994 Unnamed fire 34 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 33 acres shared
  8. 2008 Lime Fire 24,885 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 294 acres shared
  9. 2008 Hitchcock Fire 53 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 24 acres shared
  10. 2008 Bennett Fire 31 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 11 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2018 Kerlin Fire 1,753 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 14 acres shared
  2. 2023 3-9 Fire 2,836 acres in total 271 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Johnson 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