Dixie Fire

Wildfire in Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, Tehama and Butte counties, July 2021

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8251/dixie-fire-2021

Key facts

Started July 13, 2021
Contained October 25, 2021, after 104 days
Burned 963,405 acres
Largest fire of 2021 and 2nd largest in California's records
Cause Power lines
Buildings 1,311 destroyed, 94 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Plumas County 699,771 acres
  2. Lassen County 140,433 acres
  3. Shasta County 72,066 acres
  4. Tehama County 26,520 acres
  5. Butte County 24,588 acres

Communities

  1. Warner Valley 11,064 acres
  2. Greenville 4,692 acres
  3. Twain 4,603 acres
  4. Tobin 3,305 acres
  5. Mineral 2,909 acres
  6. Crescent Mills 2,057 acres
  7. Chester 1,801 acres
  8. Indian Falls 1,179 acres
  9. Lake Almanor West 940 acres
  10. Canyondam 488 acres
  11. Belden 458 acres
  12. Old Station 409 acres
  13. Meadow Valley 397 acres
  14. Paxton 211 acres
  15. Keddie 137 acres
  16. Almanor 136 acres
  17. Caribou 104 acres
  18. Butte Meadows 65 acres
  19. Taylorsville 47 acres
  20. Janesville 39 acres
  21. Bucks Lake 36 acres
  22. Westwood 11 acres
  23. Clear Creek 7 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 1,311
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 11
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 14
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 69

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. 1919 Unnamed fire 5,642 acres shared
  2. 1920 Unnamed fire 9,963 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,950 acres shared
  3. 1926 Unnamed fire 12,536 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9,062 acres shared
  4. 1931 Unnamed fire 3,623 acres in total 3,548 acres shared
  5. 1936 Unnamed fire 30,586 acres in total 11,586 acres shared
  6. 1951 Milk Ranch Fire 21,979 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9,878 acres shared
  7. 1960 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 4,892 acres shared
  8. 1960 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 3,719 acres shared
  9. 1981 Ingalls (Assist #12) Fire 6,697 acres in total 6,484 acres shared
  10. 1987 Plumas Nf #531 (Clark) Fire 39,921 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 12,187 acres shared
  11. 1989 Eagle Fire 4,665 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,456 acres shared
  12. 1999 Bucks Fire 34,236 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 14,587 acres shared
  13. 2000 Storrie Fire Cause: Railroad 56,004 acres shared
  14. 2007 Wheeler Fire 22,332 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,669 acres shared
  15. 2007 Moonlight Fire 64,960 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 43,878 acres shared
  16. 2008 Btu Lightning Complex 53,699 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 14,774 acres shared
  17. 2008 Rich Fire 6,111 acres in total · Cause: Railroad 5,921 acres shared
  18. 2012 Reading Fire 28,073 acres in total 20,741 acres shared
  19. 2012 Chips Fire 76,350 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 70,092 acres shared
  20. 2019 Walker Fire 54,615 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,374 acres shared

And 209 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Dixie 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