Basin Fire

Wildfire in Fresno County, June 2024

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8492/basin-fire-2024

Key facts

Started June 26, 2024
Contained July 19, 2024, after 23 days
Burned 14,020 acres
15th largest fire of 2024
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Fresno County 14,015 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. 1917 Unnamed fire 4,574 acres in total 4,163 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 73 acres in total 70 acres shared
  3. 1925 Unnamed fire 2,296 acres shared
  4. 1925 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 415 acres shared
  5. 1937 Unnamed fire 1,787 acres in total 1,200 acres shared
  6. 1953 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 1,169 acres shared
  7. 1953 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 171 acres shared
  8. 1961 Unnamed fire 19,430 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,473 acres shared
  9. 1968 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 76 acres shared
  10. 1975 Secata Fire 1,061 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 8 acres shared
  11. 1984 Balch Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 41 acres shared
  12. 1989 Balch Fire 8,384 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,468 acres shared
  13. 1990 Kirch Fire 3,746 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,144 acres shared
  14. 1994 Secata Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 628 acres shared
  15. 2015 Rough Fire 151,547 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6,495 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2025 Garnet Fire 60,019 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,631 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Basin 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