Maria Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, October 2019

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8011/maria-fire-2019

Key facts

Started October 31, 2019
Contained November 5, 2019, after 5 days
Burned 10,043 acres
5th largest fire of 2019
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 4 destroyed, 0 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 10,042 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. 1946 Wiley Canyon Fire 21,266 acres in total 988 acres shared
  2. 1958 Calumet Canyon Fire 17,214 acres in total 38 acres shared
  3. 1962 Culbert Fire 5,314 acres in total 5,059 acres shared
  4. 1967 Sence Ranch Fire 18,354 acres in total 9,735 acres shared
  5. 1971 Sence Ranch Brush #2 Fire 2,819 acres in total 2,729 acres shared
  6. 1973 Sense Fire 984 acres in total 218 acres shared
  7. 1980 South Mountain Fire 2,382 acres shared
  8. 1981 Loma Fire 376 acres in total 318 acres shared
  9. 1984 Grimes Fire 11,305 acres in total 437 acres shared
  10. 1986 Bradley Fire 9,229 acres in total 8,582 acres shared
  11. 1990 South Mountain Fire 735 acres in total 616 acres shared
  12. 1998 South Mountain Fire 117 acres in total 102 acres shared
  13. 1999 Bradley Incident Fire 3,332 acres in total 3,169 acres shared
  14. 2003 Simi Fire 107,570 acres in total 9,793 acres shared
  15. 2018 Briggs Fire 154 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2023 South Fire 2,694 acres shared
  2. 2024 Mountain Fire 19,902 acres in total 8,580 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Maria 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