Loma Fire

Wildfire in Santa Clara County, September 2016

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7583/loma-fire-2016

Key facts

Started September 26, 2016
Contained October 26, 2016, after 30 days
Burned 4,474 acres
17th largest fire of 2016
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 28 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Santa Clara County 4,465 acres
  2. Santa Cruz County 4 acres

Community

  1. San Jose 279 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 28
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 1

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. 1961 Austrian Gulch Fire 9,071 acres in total 262 acres shared
  2. 1985 Lexington Fire 13,128 acres in total · Cause: Arson 332 acres shared
  3. 2002 Croy Fire 3,007 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 7 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Loma 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