Rough Fire

Wildfire in Fresno County, July 2015

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7454/rough-fire-2015

Key facts

Started July 31, 2015
Contained November 6, 2015, after 98 days
Burned 151,547 acres
Largest fire of 2015 and 29th largest in California's records
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Fresno County 150,436 acres
  2. Tulare County 1,094 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. 1926 Unnamed fire 14,969 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6,352 acres shared
  2. 1928 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 22,143 acres shared
  3. 1928 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 1,952 acres shared
  4. 1931 Unnamed fire 6,097 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,086 acres shared
  5. 1934 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,731 acres shared
  6. 1937 Unnamed fire 1,787 acres shared
  7. 1955 Mcgee Fire 18,253 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 11,817 acres shared
  8. 1961 Unnamed fire 19,430 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 13,544 acres shared
  9. 1966 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 4,619 acres shared
  10. 1980 Rodgers Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,829 acres shared
  11. 1980 Lewis Crk Fire 8,327 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 6,408 acres shared
  12. 1986 Deer Fire Cause: Smoking 12,410 acres shared
  13. 1988 Obelisk Fire 5,421 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,219 acres shared
  14. 1988 Garnet Fire Cause: Lightning 2,245 acres shared
  15. 1997 Choke Fire 3,933 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,760 acres shared
  16. 2001 Highway Fire 4,151 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,736 acres shared
  17. 2005 Comb Fire 9,756 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6,715 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2024 Basin Fire 14,020 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6,495 acres shared
  2. 2024 Happy Fire 12,543 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 9,662 acres shared
  3. 2025 Garnet Fire 60,019 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 15,031 acres shared

And 85 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Rough 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