Camp Fire

Wildfire in Butte County, November 2018

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7905/camp-fire-2018

Key facts

Started November 8, 2018
Contained November 26, 2018, after 18 days
Burned 153,336 acres
3rd largest fire of 2018 and 28th largest in California's records
Cause Power lines
Buildings 18,804 destroyed, 754 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Butte County 152,990 acres
  2. Plumas County 313 acres

Communities

  1. Concow 17,772 acres
  2. Butte Creek Canyon 12,226 acres
  3. Paradise 11,735 acres
  4. Butte Valley 7,069 acres
  5. Magalia 4,798 acres
  6. Yankee Hill 3,209 acres
  7. Berry Creek 2,301 acres
  8. Cherokee 841 acres
  9. Chico 196 acres
  10. Durham 196 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 18,804
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 27
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 101
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 626

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. 1918 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,312 acres shared
  2. 1927 Unnamed fire 8,541 acres in total 1,533 acres shared
  3. 1951 Milk Ranch Fire 21,979 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7,634 acres shared
  4. 1966 Fall Creek Fire 956 acres shared
  5. 1966 Pentz Fire 1,129 acres shared
  6. 1966 Lassen Nf/Concow Rd2 Fire 3,345 acres shared
  7. 1983 Hamlin Canyon Fire 2,634 acres in total 2,458 acres shared
  8. 1984 Bidwell Fire 6,192 acres in total 4,661 acres shared
  9. 1992 Dry Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 819 acres shared
  10. 1992 Burton Fire Cause: Equipment use 5,891 acres shared
  11. 1999 Doe Mill Fire 10,857 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 9,505 acres shared
  12. 1999 Bucks Fire 34,236 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,624 acres shared
  13. 1999 Bloomer Fire 2,610 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,859 acres shared
  14. 2000 Concow Fire Cause: Equipment use 1,823 acres shared
  15. 2001 Poe Fire 8,055 acres in total · Cause: Arson 7,377 acres shared
  16. 2001 Highway 70 Fire Cause: Arson 1,692 acres shared
  17. 2002 Skyway Fire Cause: Lightning 2,140 acres shared
  18. 2008 Humboldt Fire 23,344 acres in total · Cause: Arson 22,581 acres shared
  19. 2008 Btu Lightning Complex 53,699 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 28,456 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 North Complex 318,797 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,814 acres shared

And 58 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Camp 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