Mineral Fire

Wildfire in Fresno and Monterey counties, July 2020

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8067/mineral-fire-2020

Key facts

Started July 13, 2020
Contained July 26, 2020, after 13 days
Burned 29,667 acres
22nd largest fire of 2020
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Fresno County 27,416 acres
  2. Monterey County 2,232 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. 1984 Sherman #1 Fire 473 acres in total 446 acres shared
  2. 1987 Lightning 5 Fire Cause: Lightning 52 acres shared
  3. 1996 Warthan Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 915 acres shared
  4. 2007 Gatos Fire 83 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 82 acres shared
  5. 2016 Curry Fire 2,820 acres in total 433 acres shared
  6. 2016 Mineral Fire 6,790 acres in total · Cause: Arson 6,026 acres shared
  7. 2017 Creek Fire 357 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 311 acres shared
  8. 2017 Juniper Fire 31 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 30 acres shared
  9. 2017 Parkfield Fire Cause: Equipment use 70 acres shared
  10. 2019 Warthan Fire Cause: Smoking 12 acres shared
  11. 2019 Horse Fire 14 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 10 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2024 Boone Fire 17,615 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 9,473 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Mineral 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