Pawnee Fire

Wildfire in Lake County, June 2018

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7804/pawnee-fire-2018

Key facts

Started June 23, 2018
Contained July 5, 2018, after 12 days
Burned 15,197 acres
16th largest fire of 2018
Cause Miscellaneous
Buildings 24 destroyed, 6 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Lake County 15,151 acres
  2. Colusa County 43 acres

Community

  1. Spring Valley 1,827 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 24
  2. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 3
  3. Affected Up to 10% damaged 3

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. 1931 Dow #2 Fire 1,230 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 839 acres shared
  2. 1951 Richard A. Kant Fire 6,202 acres in total 74 acres shared
  3. 1955 C. Dow Fire 573 acres shared
  4. 1957 E. Ford R.i. Escape Fire 2,307 acres in total 1,595 acres shared
  5. 1960 Chalk Mountain Fire 1,441 acres in total 1,244 acres shared
  6. 1960 Creager Fire 723 acres in total 236 acres shared
  7. 1972 Spring Valley Fire 424 acres in total 121 acres shared
  8. 1972 Paradise Canyon Fire 1,020 acres shared
  9. 1973 Barkerville Fire 26,428 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7,709 acres shared
  10. 1980 Benmore Fire 905 acres in total 241 acres shared
  11. 2008 Walker Fire 11,173 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 1,010 acres shared
  12. 2015 Rocky Fire 69,438 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 597 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2019 Eagle Fire 74 acres in total 3 acres shared
  2. 2020 Indian Fire 20 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Pawnee 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