Red Bank Fire

Wildfire in Tehama County, September 2019

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7980/red-bank-fire-2019

Key facts

Started September 5, 2019
Contained September 15, 2019, after 10 days
Burned 8,822 acres
6th largest fire of 2019
Cause Lightning
Buildings 2 destroyed, 0 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tehama County 8,819 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 2

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. 1936 Bayless Fire 766 acres in total 671 acres shared
  2. 1941 Bayless Fire 164 acres shared
  3. 1946 Southfork Fire 1,128 acres in total 288 acres shared
  4. 1950 Stinking Creek Fire 1,741 acres in total 1,158 acres shared
  5. 1953 Saunders Fire 444 acres in total 332 acres shared
  6. 1954 Oak Flat Fire 2,213 acres in total 1,598 acres shared
  7. 1957 Alford Fire 527 acres in total 489 acres shared
  8. 1976 Skinner Mill Fire 89,133 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 8,819 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 August Complex 1,032,700 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 448 acres shared
  2. 2021 Mcfarland Fire 122,448 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,247 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Red Bank 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