Lion Fire

Wildfire in Tulare County, September 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7746/lion-fire-2017

Key facts

Started September 25, 2017
Contained November 2, 2017, after 38 days
Burned 18,914 acres
17th largest fire of 2017
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tulare County 18,914 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. 1921 Unnamed fire 39 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 38 acres shared
  2. 1927 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 50 acres shared
  3. 1932 Unknown Fire 1,022 acres shared
  4. 1948 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 24 acres shared
  5. 1949 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 29 acres shared
  6. 1949 Unnamed fire 9 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 8 acres shared
  7. 1976 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 27 acres shared
  8. 1987 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 25 acres shared
  9. 2003 Cooney Fire 1,928 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 745 acres shared
  10. 2006 Tamarack Wfu Fire 4,656 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,548 acres shared
  11. 2007 Grouse Fire 1,004 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 30 acres shared
  12. 2009 Shotgun Fire 1,333 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 225 acres shared
  13. 2011 Lion Fire 20,682 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,927 acres shared
  14. 2013 Fish Fire 2,049 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 203 acres shared
  15. 2013 Angora Fire 179 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 177 acres shared
  16. 2015 Cabin Seq Fire 6,996 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 208 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Castle Fire 170,648 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 487 acres shared
  2. 2020 Shotgun Fire 841 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 41 acres shared
  3. 2021 Walkers Fire 8,779 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 538 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Lion 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