Dolan Fire

Wildfire in Monterey County, August 2020

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8142/dolan-fire-2020

Key facts

Started August 18, 2020
Contained December 31, 2020, after 135 days
Burned 124,527 acres
9th largest fire of 2020 and 39th largest in California's records
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Monterey County 124,521 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. 1911 Unnamed fire 3,374 acres in total 3,264 acres shared
  2. 1916 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,876 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 3,095 acres shared
  4. 1920 Unnamed fire 3,149 acres in total 2,591 acres shared
  5. 1921 Unnamed fire 8,289 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,091 acres shared
  6. 1933 Unnamed fire 7,901 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,566 acres shared
  7. 1941 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 6,372 acres shared
  8. 1968 Unnamed fire 4,255 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,780 acres shared
  9. 1976 Indians Fire Cause: Smoking 9,909 acres shared
  10. 1977 Marble-Cone Fire 173,333 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 22,991 acres shared
  11. 1979 Nacimiento Fire Cause: Arson 6,069 acres shared
  12. 1981 Gamboa #1 Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 3,694 acres shared
  13. 1985 Wizard Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 4,830 acres shared
  14. 1985 Gorda-Rat Fire 56,158 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 52,621 acres shared
  15. 1996 Wild Fire 25,512 acres in total · Cause: Arson 10,579 acres shared
  16. 1999 Kirk Fire 85,835 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 49,766 acres shared
  17. 2008 Indians Fire 76,460 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 21,026 acres shared
  18. 2008 Gallery Fire 163,607 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 22,230 acres shared
  19. 2008 Chalk Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 16,111 acres shared
  20. 2016 Stony Fire 3,066 acres shared

And 42 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Dolan 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