Creek Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, December 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7772/creek-fire-2017

Key facts

Started December 5, 2017
Contained December 5, 2017, after 0 days
Burned 15,619 acres
24th largest fire of 2017
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 140 destroyed, 63 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 15,619 acres

Community

  1. Los Angeles 3,463 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 140
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 6
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 23
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 34

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. 1911 Unnamed fire 216 acres shared
  2. 1918 Corey Canyon Fire 232 acres in total 222 acres shared
  3. 1919 Ravenna Fire 70,796 acres in total 8,392 acres shared
  4. 1924 Mcellveney Fire 331 acres shared
  5. 1935 Kagel No. 58 Fire 1,904 acres in total 1,729 acres shared
  6. 1953 Gold Fire 300 acres shared
  7. 1960 Unnamed fire 1,575 acres in total 517 acres shared
  8. 1961 Unnamed fire 2,120 acres in total 2,072 acres shared
  9. 1968 Limerock Fire 2,859 acres in total 1,404 acres shared
  10. 1969 Unnamed fire 172 acres shared
  11. 1970 Bailey Fire 416 acres in total 311 acres shared
  12. 1975 Mill/Usfs Fire 51,220 acres in total 12,715 acres shared
  13. 1980 Foothill Fire 267 acres shared
  14. 1983 Loper Fire 208 acres shared
  15. 1997 Shooting Fire 426 acres shared
  16. 2003 Middle Fire Cause: Equipment use 329 acres shared
  17. 2008 Marek Fire 4,574 acres in total 4,292 acres shared
  18. 2008 Sayre Fire 11,260 acres in total 295 acres shared
  19. 2009 Tujunga Fire Cause: Lightning 210 acres shared
  20. 2009 Station Fire 160,833 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,569 acres shared

And 55 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Creek 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