Lake Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, August 2020

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8111/lake-fire-2020

Key facts

Started August 12, 2020
Contained August 30, 2020, after 18 days
Burned 30,999 acres
21st largest fire of 2020
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 33 destroyed, 6 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 30,994 acres

Community

  1. Lake Hughes 1,906 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 33
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 2
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 3
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 1

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. 1915 Unnamed fire 506 acres shared
  2. 1919 Unnamed fire 679 acres in total 593 acres shared
  3. 1919 Unnamed fire 135 acres shared
  4. 1919 Unnamed fire 4,496 acres in total 91 acres shared
  5. 1922 Unnamed fire 458 acres in total 358 acres shared
  6. 1924 Unnamed fire 24,239 acres in total 18,801 acres shared
  7. 1924 Unnamed fire 826 acres in total 137 acres shared
  8. 1927 Unnamed fire 722 acres in total 103 acres shared
  9. 1927 Liebre Fire 17,957 acres in total 2,522 acres shared
  10. 1943 Redrock Fire 1,799 acres in total 298 acres shared
  11. 1943 Redrock No. 2 Fire 4,398 acres in total 2,114 acres shared
  12. 1949 Atmore Fire 9,596 acres in total 6,763 acres shared
  13. 1953 Shake Fire 556 acres shared
  14. 1954 Burnt Peak Fire 90 acres shared
  15. 1968 Liebre Fire 48,564 acres in total 1,758 acres shared
  16. 1974 Prospect/Usfs Fire 3,252 acres in total 59 acres shared
  17. 1990 King Fire 356 acres in total 47 acres shared
  18. 2002 Atmore Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 134 acres shared
  19. 2004 Pine Fire 16,272 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 50 acres shared
  20. 2013 Powerhouse Fire 30,268 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,043 acres shared

And 8 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Lake 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