Pier Fire

Wildfire in Tulare County, August 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7714/pier-fire-2017

Key facts

Started August 29, 2017
Contained August 30, 2017, after 1 day
Burned 36,619 acres
11th largest fire of 2017
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tulare County 36,617 acres

Communities

  1. Pierpoint 48 acres
  2. Sequoia Crest 14 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. 1914 Unnamed fire 362 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 358 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 431 acres shared
  3. 1919 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 195 acres shared
  4. 1921 Unnamed fire 178 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 114 acres shared
  5. 1923 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 772 acres shared
  6. 1926 Unnamed fire 5,957 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,659 acres shared
  7. 1926 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 158 acres shared
  8. 1928 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 3,181 acres shared
  9. 1958 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 44 acres shared
  10. 1960 Unnamed fire 916 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 494 acres shared
  11. 1962 Unnamed fire 43 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 42 acres shared
  12. 1968 Unnamed fire 759 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 583 acres shared
  13. 1975 Unnamed fire Cause: Arson 447 acres shared
  14. 1997 Coffee Fire 2,425 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,011 acres shared
  15. 2000 Edison Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 50 acres shared
  16. 2004 Deep Fire 3,144 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 222 acres shared
  17. 2016 Tule Fire 388 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 86 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Castle Fire 170,648 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 955 acres shared
  2. 2021 Mountain Fire Cause: Lightning 123 acres shared
  3. 2021 Windy Fire 97,528 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 42 acres shared

And 13 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Pier 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