Wall Fire

Wildfire in Butte County, July 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7631/wall-fire-2017

Key facts

Started July 7, 2017
Contained August 3, 2017, after 27 days
Burned 6,028 acres
39th largest fire of 2017
Cause Equipment use
Buildings 93 destroyed, 8 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Butte County 6,028 acres

Community

  1. Oroville East 814 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 93
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 2
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 1
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 5

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. 1954 Swedes Flat Fire 849 acres in total 699 acres shared
  2. 1955 Swede's Flat Fire 463 acres in total 395 acres shared
  3. 1959 North Honcut Creek Fire 799 acres shared
  4. 1989 Canal Fire Cause: Smoking 594 acres shared
  5. 2013 Swedes Fire 2,462 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,850 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2019 Swedes Fire 510 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 298 acres shared
  2. 2019 Forbestown Fire Cause: Power lines 57 acres shared
  3. 2023 Turkey Fire Cause: Arson 52 acres shared
  4. 2023 Wall Fire 11 acres in total · Cause: Arson 8 acres shared
  5. 2024 Quincy Fire Cause: Equipment use 99 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Wall 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