Mission Fire

Wildfire in Madera County, September 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7729/mission-fire-2017

Key facts

Started September 3, 2017
Contained September 13, 2017, after 10 days
Burned 988 acres
78th largest fire of 2017
Cause Power lines
Buildings 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Madera County 988 acres

Community

  1. North Fork 639 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 7
  2. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 1
  3. Affected Up to 10% damaged 3

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. 1916 Unnamed fire 6,240 acres in total 309 acres shared
  2. 1922 Unnamed fire 25,017 acres in total 38 acres shared
  3. 1924 Unnamed fire 5,203 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 765 acres shared
  4. 1931 Unnamed fire 641 acres in total 223 acres shared
  5. 2001 North Fork Fire 4,131 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 135 acres shared
  6. 2015 Willow Fire 5,701 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 139 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Creek Fire 379,842 acres in total 272 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Mission 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