Walker Fire

Wildfire in Plumas County, September 2019

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7972/walker-fire-2019

Key facts

Started September 4, 2019
Contained January 15, 2020, after 133 days
Burned 54,615 acres
2nd largest fire of 2019
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Plumas County 54,601 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. 1918 Unnamed fire 681 acres in total 536 acres shared
  2. 1920 Unnamed fire 2,279 acres shared
  3. 1932 Unnamed fire 192 acres shared
  4. 1951 Unnamed fire 303 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 262 acres shared
  5. 1977 Babcock Fire 5,057 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,480 acres shared
  6. 1981 Elephant Fire 6,852 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,040 acres shared
  7. 1981 Ingalls (Assist #12) Fire 6,697 acres in total 269 acres shared
  8. 1981 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 19 acres shared
  9. 1981 Unnamed fire 18 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 17 acres shared
  10. 1981 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 13 acres shared
  11. 2001 Stream Fire 3,526 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 464 acres shared
  12. 2006 Hungry Fire 512 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 260 acres shared
  13. 2006 Indian Fire Cause: Lightning 16 acres shared
  14. 2006 Sage Fire 17 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6 acres shared
  15. 2006 Flournoy Fire 16 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 15 acres shared
  16. 2007 Wheeler Fire 22,332 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12,195 acres shared
  17. 2007 Babcock Peak Fire Cause: Lightning 407 acres shared
  18. 2015 Ward Fire 129 acres in total 43 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2021 Dixie Fire 963,405 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 4,374 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Walker 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