Jerusalem Fire

Wildfire in Lake, Napa and Yolo counties, August 2015

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7462/jerusalem-fire-2015

Key facts

Started August 9, 2015
Contained August 24, 2015, after 15 days
Burned 25,118 acres
7th largest fire of 2015
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Lake County 17,587 acres
  2. Napa County 3,855 acres
  3. Yolo County 3,681 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. 1953 W.m Alderson #2 Fire 2,920 acres in total 1,975 acres shared
  2. 1966 Jericho Fire 2,677 acres in total 49 acres shared
  3. 1967 Jim Dollar Mountain Fire 628 acres shared
  4. 1968 Jim Dollar Fire 502 acres shared
  5. 1981 Langes Peak Fire 14,448 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,779 acres shared
  6. 1999 Sixteen Fire 37,893 acres in total · Cause: Arson 182 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 14,495 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Jerusalem 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