Happy Fire

Wildfire in Fresno County, July 2024

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8535/happy-fire-2024

Key facts

Started July 16, 2024
Contained November 15, 2024, after 122 days
Burned 12,543 acres
18th largest fire of 2024
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Fresno County 12,543 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 649 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 352 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 99 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 97 acres shared
  3. 1932 Unnamed fire 1,329 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 862 acres shared
  4. 1933 Unnamed fire 405 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 155 acres shared
  5. 1934 Unnamed fire 1,731 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 77 acres shared
  6. 1950 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 122 acres shared
  7. 1950 Deer Cove Fire Cause: Smoking 567 acres shared
  8. 1959 Lewis Crk Fire Cause: Lightning 32 acres shared
  9. 1961 North Mtn Fire 65 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 49 acres shared
  10. 1971 Unknown Fire 379 acres shared
  11. 1980 Lewis Crk Fire 8,327 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 651 acres shared
  12. 1982 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 211 acres shared
  13. 1988 Lewis Cr Fire 34 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 33 acres shared
  14. 1990 Stag Fire Cause: Lightning 29 acres shared
  15. 1992 Wren Fire Cause: Lightning 13 acres shared
  16. 1997 Choke Fire 3,933 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,520 acres shared
  17. 2005 Comb Fire 9,756 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,122 acres shared
  18. 2015 Hotel Fire Cause: Lightning 29 acres shared
  19. 2015 Rough Fire 151,547 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 9,662 acres shared
  20. 2021 Boyden 1 Fire 15 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 13 acres shared

And 2 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Happy 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