Carr Fire

Wildfire in Shasta and Trinity counties, July 2018

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7842/carr-fire-2018

Key facts

Started July 23, 2018
Contained September 1, 2018, after 40 days
Burned 229,651 acres
2nd largest fire of 2018 and 15th largest in California's records
Cause Vehicle
Buildings 1,609 destroyed, 279 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Shasta County 207,354 acres
  2. Trinity County 22,262 acres

Communities

  1. French Gulch 7,424 acres
  2. Shasta 6,989 acres
  3. Keswick 2,124 acres
  4. Redding 1,935 acres
  5. Centerville 1,722 acres
  6. Lewiston 742 acres
  7. Igo 5 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 1,609
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 28
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 39
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 212

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 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,434 acres shared
  2. 1946 Muletown Fire 25,993 acres in total 5,859 acres shared
  3. 1950 Kanaka Creek Fire 4,812 acres shared
  4. 1950 Mule Mtn. Fire 2,659 acres in total 2,632 acres shared
  5. 1950 Rainbow Fire 25,292 acres in total 5,619 acres shared
  6. 1955 French Gulch Fire 3,550 acres in total 3,376 acres shared
  7. 1956 Sugar Loaf Mine Fire 710 acres shared
  8. 1958 Grant School Fire 813 acres shared
  9. 1962 East Fork Fire 5,162 acres shared
  10. 1972 Swasey Dr Fire Cause: Arson 1,857 acres shared
  11. 1973 Lower Springs Fire 1,340 acres in total 1,205 acres shared
  12. 1980 Towerhouse Fire 2,413 acres shared
  13. 1990 Kanaka Fire Cause: Lightning 2,901 acres shared
  14. 1999 Sheep #1 Fire Cause: Lightning 12,345 acres shared
  15. 1999 Bohemotash Fire 5,705 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,634 acres shared
  16. 1999 Jackass Fire 5,478 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,853 acres shared
  17. 2004 French Fire 12,675 acres in total 12,243 acres shared
  18. 2008 Motion Fire 28,330 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 21,041 acres shared
  19. 2008 Moon Fire 35,312 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 18,818 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Zogg Fire 56,338 acres in total 4,477 acres shared

And 44 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Carr 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