Lions Fire

Wildfire in Madera County, June 2018

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7800/lions-fire-2018

Key facts

Started June 18, 2018
Contained November 28, 2018, after 163 days
Burned 13,461 acres
17th largest fire of 2018
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Madera County 13,461 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. 1940 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 359 acres shared
  2. 1992 Rainbow Fire 8,358 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 169 acres shared
  3. 2003 Snake/Cargyle2 Fire Cause: Lightning 825 acres shared
  4. 2005 Corral Wfu Fire Cause: Lightning 256 acres shared
  5. 2010 Buckhorn Fire Cause: Lightning 471 acres shared
  6. 2017 Butte Fire 611 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 131 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Creek Fire 379,842 acres in total 462 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Lions 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