Tick Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, October 2019

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8002/tick-fire-2019

Key facts

Started October 24, 2019
Contained October 31, 2019, after 7 days
Burned 4,582 acres
12th largest fire of 2019
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 27 destroyed, 41 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 4,580 acres

Communities

  1. Santa Clarita 664 acres
  2. Agua Dulce 201 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 27
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 8
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 8
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 25

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 192 acres shared
  2. 1911 Unnamed fire 208 acres in total 127 acres shared
  3. 1913 Unnamed fire 505 acres in total 334 acres shared
  4. 1913 Unnamed fire 224 acres shared
  5. 1913 Unnamed fire 180 acres in total 79 acres shared
  6. 1922 Unnamed fire 1,659 acres in total 425 acres shared
  7. 1927 Mint Cyn Fire 240 acres in total 216 acres shared
  8. 1943 Evens Fire 571 acres in total 401 acres shared
  9. 1958 Unnamed fire 4,168 acres in total 1,982 acres shared
  10. 1960 Unnamed fire 28,393 acres in total 237 acres shared
  11. 1970 Agua Dulce Fire 21,756 acres in total 2,868 acres shared
  12. 1979 Tapie Fire 383 acres in total 167 acres shared
  13. 1979 Unnamed fire 94 acres shared
  14. 1980 Pine Tree Fire 1,081 acres in total 720 acres shared
  15. 1980 Davenport Ii Fire 228 acres in total 141 acres shared
  16. 1981 Highway 14 Fire 167 acres in total 106 acres shared
  17. 1981 Highland Fire 301 acres in total 121 acres shared
  18. 1984 Lumber Fire 499 acres in total 218 acres shared
  19. 1986 Trash Cyn Fire 118 acres in total 62 acres shared
  20. 1995 Freeway No Ii Fire 1,233 acres in total 1,104 acres shared

And 16 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Tick 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