Campbell Fire

Wildfire in Humboldt and Trinity counties, August 2022

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8339/campbell-fire-2022

Key facts

Started August 5, 2022
Contained September 9, 2022, after 35 days
Burned 30,133 acres
3rd largest fire of 2022
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Humboldt County 19,608 acres
  2. Trinity County 10,525 acres

Communities

  1. Willow Creek 3,673 acres
  2. Salyer 227 acres
  3. Trinity Village 139 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 15 acres in total 14 acres shared
  2. 1914 Unnamed fire 10 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9 acres shared
  3. 1915 Unnamed fire 16 acres shared
  4. 1915 Unnamed fire 14 acres in total 13 acres shared
  5. 1915 Unnamed fire 456 acres shared
  6. 1915 Unnamed fire 36 acres in total 35 acres shared
  7. 1915 Unnamed fire 18 acres in total 17 acres shared
  8. 1923 Unnamed fire 50 acres in total 49 acres shared
  9. 1931 Sharber Slough Fire 100 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 98 acres shared
  10. 1932 Cedar Creek #1 Fire 169 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 167 acres shared
  11. 1932 Cedar Creek #3 Fire 19 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 18 acres shared
  12. 1932 Sharber #3 Fire 20 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 19 acres shared
  13. 1938 Groves Prairie Fire 65 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 63 acres shared
  14. 1951 Cedar Creek Fire 167 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 165 acres shared
  15. 1953 Lone Pine Fire 13 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 11 acres shared
  16. 1987 Horse Linto Fire 122 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 85 acres shared
  17. 1999 Megram Fire 125,073 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 9,900 acres shared
  18. 2008 Ziegler Fire 2,349 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6 acres shared
  19. 2015 Happy Fire 68,095 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 64 acres shared
  20. 2015 Groves Fire 6,803 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 22 acres shared

And 4 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Campbell 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