Bobcat Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, September 2020

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8160/bobcat-fire-2020

Key facts

Started September 6, 2020
Contained October 19, 2020, after 43 days
Burned 115,998 acres
10th largest fire of 2020 and 42nd largest in California's records
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 169 destroyed, 47 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 115,986 acres

Communities

  1. Monrovia 3,709 acres
  2. Duarte 448 acres
  3. Arcadia 2 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 169
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 5
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 7
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 35

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. 1898 Unnamed fire 1,660 acres in total 765 acres shared
  2. 1900 Big Fire 16,961 acres in total 10,595 acres shared
  3. 1915 Unnamed fire 15,096 acres in total 8,789 acres shared
  4. 1919 San Gabriel Fire 54,610 acres in total 3,876 acres shared
  5. 1924 San Gabriel Fire 43,050 acres in total 23,687 acres shared
  6. 1953 Pinyon Fire 975 acres shared
  7. 1953 Sulphur Fire 31,709 acres in total 21,368 acres shared
  8. 1953 Monrovia Peak Fire 14,061 acres in total 11,022 acres shared
  9. 1954 Monrovia Peak Fire 13,870 acres in total 10,874 acres shared
  10. 1957 Morris Fire 2,789 acres in total 1,325 acres shared
  11. 1957 Gale Fire 24,708 acres in total 22,684 acres shared
  12. 1958 Unnamed fire 13,944 acres in total 5,253 acres shared
  13. 1960 Unnamed fire 15,014 acres in total 3,488 acres shared
  14. 1968 Canyon Inn Fire 19,056 acres in total 7,377 acres shared
  15. 1980 Stable Fire 6,049 acres in total 799 acres shared
  16. 1986 Tecalote Fire 3,987 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 3,824 acres shared
  17. 1994 Shooting Fire 3,538 acres in total 658 acres shared
  18. 1999 Bridge Fire 7,234 acres in total · Cause: Arson 4,567 acres shared
  19. 2002 Curve Fire 20,871 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,679 acres shared
  20. 2009 Station Fire 160,833 acres in total · Cause: Arson 13,664 acres shared

And 65 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Bobcat 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