Zogg Fire

Wildfire in Shasta and Tehama counties, September 2020

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8170/zogg-fire-2020

Key facts

Started September 27, 2020
Contained October 13, 2020, after 16 days
Burned 56,338 acres
15th largest fire of 2020
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 204 destroyed, 27 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Shasta County 51,980 acres
  2. Tehama County 4,358 acres

Communities

  1. Ono 1,221 acres
  2. Igo 203 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 204
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 1
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 2
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 24

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 Muletown Fire 25,993 acres in total 306 acres shared
  2. 1948 Fiddlers Fire 5,094 acres in total 4 acres shared
  3. 1950 Kanaka Creek Fire 4,828 acres in total 1,896 acres shared
  4. 1950 Edmonds Fire 358 acres shared
  5. 1950 Knudson Fire 309 acres shared
  6. 1950 Mule Mtn. Fire 2,659 acres in total 5 acres shared
  7. 1950 Rainbow Fire 25,292 acres in total 14,962 acres shared
  8. 1957 P. Mcauliffe Fire 1,058 acres in total 79 acres shared
  9. 1976 30 Mile Bridge Fire 475 acres in total 244 acres shared
  10. 1990 Kanaka Fire 2,901 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 672 acres shared
  11. 2008 Moon Fire 35,312 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8,618 acres shared
  12. 2008 Deck Fire Cause: Lightning 262 acres shared
  13. 2013 Clover Fire 8,076 acres in total · Cause: Arson 167 acres shared
  14. 2018 Carr Fire 229,651 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 4,477 acres shared
  15. 2019 Trinity Fire 129 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 47 acres shared
  16. 2019 Lower Fire Cause: Lightning 46 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2025 Buell Fire Cause: Lightning 13 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Zogg 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