Hill Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, November 2018

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7906/hill-fire-2018

Key facts

Started November 8, 2018
Contained November 22, 2018, after 14 days
Burned 4,310 acres
24th largest fire of 2018
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 4,297 acres

Communities

  1. Thousand Oaks 1,827 acres
  2. Camarillo 140 acres
  3. Santa Rosa Valley 74 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 4
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 1
  3. Affected Up to 10% damaged 1

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. 1940 Camarillo Rifle Rang Fire 1,411 acres in total 1,385 acres shared
  2. 1957 Conejo Grade Fire 1,385 acres in total 570 acres shared
  3. 1958 Santa Rosa Fire 1,138 acres in total 832 acres shared
  4. 1968 Conejo Grade Brush Fire 857 acres in total 593 acres shared
  5. 1971 Camarillo Grove Fire 242 acres shared
  6. 1976 Arroyo Fire 206 acres shared
  7. 1979 Conejo Grade Fire 150 acres shared
  8. 1980 Hill Canyon Fire 11,975 acres in total 4,186 acres shared
  9. 1992 Academy Fire 48 acres in total 47 acres shared
  10. 1995 Wildwood I Fire 799 acres in total 1 acre shared
  11. 2004 Wendy Incident Fire 121 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 118 acres shared
  12. 2008 Grande Fire 15 acres shared
  13. 2011 Conejo Fire Cause: Vehicle 14 acres shared
  14. 2012 Conejo Fire Cause: Vehicle 22 acres shared
  15. 2013 Springs Fire 23,677 acres in total 581 acres shared
  16. 2013 Camarillo Fire Cause: Vehicle 1 acre shared
  17. 2017 Scales Fire 1 acre shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Hill 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