Saddle Ridge Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, October 2019

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7995/saddle-ridge-fire-2019

Key facts

Started October 10, 2019
Contained October 31, 2019, after 21 days
Burned 8,799 acres
7th largest fire of 2019
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 24 destroyed, 91 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 8,799 acres

Communities

  1. Los Angeles 3,796 acres
  2. Santa Clarita 367 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 24
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 6
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 16
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 69

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. 1911 Unnamed fire 746 acres in total 514 acres shared
  2. 1916 Tunnel Fire 3,441 acres in total 1,243 acres shared
  3. 1919 Ravenna Fire 70,796 acres in total 1,234 acres shared
  4. 1921 Unnamed fire 229 acres shared
  5. 1942 Autry Fire 833 acres in total 685 acres shared
  6. 1943 Grapevine Fire 1,237 acres in total 1,069 acres shared
  7. 1944 Sunshine No. 177 Fire 248 acres shared
  8. 1950 Browns Cyn/Limekiln Fire 4,234 acres in total 658 acres shared
  9. 1958 Unnamed fire 368 acres in total 281 acres shared
  10. 1962 Newhall Fire 8,583 acres in total 2,659 acres shared
  11. 1964 Unnamed fire 2,692 acres in total 2,117 acres shared
  12. 1969 Weldon Fire 4,010 acres in total 3,356 acres shared
  13. 1970 Clampitt Fire 115,537 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 2,773 acres shared
  14. 1981 Oat Fire 17,787 acres in total 608 acres shared
  15. 1988 Sesnon Fire 2,659 acres in total 2,517 acres shared
  16. 1991 Sylmar Fire 702 acres in total 574 acres shared
  17. 2004 Foothill Fire 5,970 acres in total · Cause: Arson 760 acres shared
  18. 2008 Sesnon Fire 14,701 acres in total 2,526 acres shared
  19. 2008 Sayre Fire 11,260 acres in total 4,521 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2025 Hurst Fire 825 acres shared

And 30 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Saddle Ridge 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