Sites Fire (2024): burned area, damage and fire history

Key facts

Started	June 17, 2024
Contained	June 26, 2024, after 9 days
Burned	19,132 acres 9th largest fire of 2024
Cause	Power lines
Buildings	0 destroyed, 0 damaged

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Where it burned

County

Colusa County 19,132 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

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

1928 Pacific Fire 15,610 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 4,658 acres shared
1948 Unnamed fire 12,222 acres in total 1,446 acres shared
1951 Lang #3 Fire 642 acres in total 76 acres shared
1952 W.h. Jones Fire 452 acres shared
1953 L.v. & J.d. Mossman Fire 548 acres in total 213 acres shared
1976 Gravrlly Buttes Fire 1,199 acres in total 1,180 acres shared
2012 Sites Complex 4,429 acres in total · Cause: Arson 487 acres shared
2018 Ranch Fire 410,202 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 47 acres shared
2020 Sites Fire 570 acres in total 503 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sites 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