Mcfarland Fire

Wildfire in Tehama, Trinity and Shasta counties, July 2021

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8255/mcfarland-fire-2021

Key facts

Started July 30, 2021
Contained October 26, 2021, after 88 days
Burned 122,448 acres
6th largest fire of 2021 and 41st largest in California's records
Cause Lightning
Buildings 46 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Tehama County 88,443 acres
  2. Trinity County 17,611 acres
  3. Shasta County 16,387 acres

Community

  1. Platina 13 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 46
  2. 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. — Unnamed fire 948 acres in total 662 acres shared
  2. 1924 Unnamed fire 1,727 acres shared
  3. 1936 Oak Flat Fire 2,324 acres shared
  4. 1943 Robson Fire 9,510 acres in total 8,184 acres shared
  5. 1943 Wells Creek Fire 2,598 acres shared
  6. 1944 Unnamed fire 9,372 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 8,772 acres shared
  7. 1944 Wells Creek Fire 1,316 acres shared
  8. 1945 Bishop Fire 1,145 acres shared
  9. 1946 Wells Creek Fire 2,311 acres shared
  10. 1950 Stinking Creek Fire 1,741 acres in total 1,307 acres shared
  11. 1954 Oak Flat Fire 2,213 acres in total 2,020 acres shared
  12. 1957 Kjaer Fire 853 acres shared
  13. 1957 Wells Creek Fire 1,080 acres shared
  14. 1957 Wells Creek #3 Fire 928 acres shared
  15. 1974 Casey Fire 6,829 acres in total 5,932 acres shared
  16. 1976 Skinner Mill Fire 89,133 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 26,504 acres shared
  17. 1989 Beegum Fire 724 acres in total 605 acres shared
  18. 2008 Noble Fire 12,985 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 10,664 acres shared
  19. 2019 Red Bank Fire 8,822 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,247 acres shared
  20. 2020 August Complex 1,032,700 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,843 acres shared

And 22 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Mcfarland 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