Cascade Fire

Wildfire in Yuba and Butte counties, October 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7752/cascade-fire-2017

Key facts

Started October 8, 2017
Contained October 26, 2017, after 18 days
Burned 16,141 acres
22nd largest fire of 2017
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 338 destroyed, 12 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Yuba County 12,221 acres
  2. Butte County 3,919 acres

Communities

  1. Loma Rica 6,110 acres
  2. Bangor 1,620 acres
  3. Rackerby 487 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 338
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 3
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 5
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 4

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. 1953 Sugar Loaf Fire 2,602 acres in total 2,166 acres shared
  2. 1957 Sugar Loaf Fire 293 acres shared
  3. 1958 Carmichael #2 Fire 831 acres in total 489 acres shared
  4. 1961 Stanfield Hill Fire 507 acres in total 110 acres shared
  5. 2005 Cross Fire Cause: Equipment use 21 acres shared
  6. 2011 Scott Fire Cause: Equipment use 17 acres shared
  7. 2016 Douglas Fire 17 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2019 Douglas Fire Cause: Equipment use 22 acres shared
  2. 2020 Willows Fire 1,309 acres in total · Cause: Arson 422 acres shared
  3. 2022 Brandie Fire 72 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 71 acres shared
  4. 2023 Scott Fire 94 acres shared
  5. 2024 Verjeles Fire Cause: Equipment use 17 acres shared
  6. 2025 Grove Fire 78 acres in total · Cause: Arson 67 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Cascade 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