Donnell Fire

Wildfire in Tuolumne and Alpine counties, August 2018

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7857/donnell-fire-2018

Key facts

Started August 1, 2018
Contained November 28, 2018, after 119 days
Burned 36,461 acres
13th largest fire of 2018
Cause Campfire
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Tuolumne County 23,436 acres
  2. Alpine County 13,014 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. 1951 Clarks Fork Fire Cause: Campfire 328 acres shared
  2. 1955 Bear Hole Fire 29 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 25 acres shared
  3. 1955 Fence Creek Fire 293 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 27 acres shared
  4. 1964 Bridge Fire 64 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 63 acres shared
  5. 1967 Dardanelles Fire Cause: Arson 310 acres shared
  6. 1973 Douglas Fire Cause: Lightning 58 acres shared
  7. 2000 Arnot Fire 222 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 197 acres shared
  8. 2003 Burgson Fire Cause: Lightning 19 acres shared
  9. 2006 Sand Flat Fire Cause: Playing with fire 177 acres shared
  10. 2012 Wheats Fire 180 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 99 acres shared
  11. 2012 Donnell Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 27 acres shared
  12. 2017 Douglas Fire 311 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 56 acres shared
  13. 2017 Mccormick Fire 4,423 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 830 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Donnell 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