Canyon Ii Fire

Wildfire in Orange County, October 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7762/canyon-ii-fire-2017

Key facts

Started October 9, 2017
Contained October 17, 2017, after 8 days
Burned 9,198 acres
28th largest fire of 2017
Cause Debris burning
Buildings 29 destroyed, 51 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Orange County 9,198 acres

Communities

  1. Anaheim 2,582 acres
  2. Orange 1,261 acres
  3. Yorba Linda 6 acres
  4. Tustin 3 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 29
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 8
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 24
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 19

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. 1914 Unnamed fire 18,755 acres in total 6,292 acres shared
  2. 1929 Unnamed fire 1,085 acres in total 625 acres shared
  3. 1948 Green River Fire 53,080 acres in total 8,888 acres shared
  4. 1962 Unnamed fire 139 acres in total 125 acres shared
  5. 1967 Paseo Grande Fire 51,077 acres in total 9,136 acres shared
  6. 1982 Gypsum Fire 20,142 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 8,634 acres shared
  7. 1984 Coal Cyn. Fire 450 acres in total 73 acres shared
  8. 1984 Loma Ridge Fire 1,435 acres in total 3 acres shared
  9. 1993 Stagecoach Fire 581 acres in total 28 acres shared
  10. 2002 Green Fire 2,234 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 21 acres shared
  11. 2004 Irvine Fire Cause: Arson 53 acres shared
  12. 2006 Sierra Fire 10,592 acres in total · Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 2,154 acres shared
  13. 2007 241 Incident Fire Cause: Arson 1,605 acres shared
  14. 2008 Freeway Fire 30,305 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 403 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Park Fire 24 acres shared
  2. 2020 Windy Ridge Fire 2 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Canyon Ii 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