Sand Fire

Wildfire in Yolo and Colusa counties, June 2019

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7919/sand-fire-2019

Key facts

Started June 8, 2019
Contained June 13, 2019, after 5 days
Burned 2,422 acres
20th largest fire of 2019
Cause Lightning
Buildings 4 destroyed, 0 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Yolo County 2,177 acres
  2. Colusa County 245 acres

Community

  1. Rumsey 386 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

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. 1951 R.haswell Fire 1,196 acres in total 351 acres shared
  2. 1954 I. Zumwalt Fire 1,643 acres in total 728 acres shared
  3. 1972 Pocket Gulch Fire 10,431 acres in total 910 acres shared
  4. 1998 Middle Fire 5,993 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 373 acres shared
  5. 1999 Rumsey Fire 2,995 acres in total 870 acres shared
  6. 2002 Sixteen Fire 1,514 acres in total · Cause: Arson 595 acres shared
  7. 2003 40 Fire 1,057 acres in total · Cause: Arson 234 acres shared
  8. 2004 Rumsey Fire 38,763 acres in total · Cause: Arson 187 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,039 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sand 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