Park Fire

Wildfire in Tehama and Butte counties, July 2024

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8548/park-fire-2024

Key facts

Started July 24, 2024
Contained September 7, 2024, after 45 days
Burned 429,603 acres
Largest fire of 2024 and 4th largest in California's records
Cause Arson
Buildings 713 destroyed, 57 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Tehama County 376,740 acres
  2. Butte County 52,897 acres

Communities

  1. Cohasset 15,312 acres
  2. Mineral 5,402 acres
  3. Forest Ranch 4,529 acres
  4. Paynes Creek 2,197 acres
  5. Chico 1,665 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 713
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 10
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 12
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 35

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. 1917 Unnamed fire 12,701 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 11,692 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 9,204 acres shared
  3. 1918 Unnamed fire 22,232 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 21,907 acres shared
  4. 1920 Unnamed fire 12,214 acres in total 11,762 acres shared
  5. 1926 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 11,352 acres shared
  6. 1931 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 41,972 acres shared
  7. 1943 Dales\\Soap Buttes Fire 17,351 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 12,546 acres shared
  8. 1943 Pine Creek Fire 11,359 acres shared
  9. 1943 Dry Creek Fire 10,898 acres shared
  10. 1947 Unnamed fire 19,398 acres shared
  11. 1961 Big Antelope Fire 46,931 acres in total 20,999 acres shared
  12. 1976 Upper Slab Fire 15,293 acres in total 11,984 acres shared
  13. 1990 Finley Fire 35,862 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 30,973 acres shared
  14. 1990 Campbell Fire 131,504 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 126,517 acres shared
  15. 1994 Barkley Fire Cause: Lightning 43,904 acres shared
  16. 1999 Dehaven Fire 16,884 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 16,311 acres shared
  17. 1999 Musty Fire 16,757 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 16,207 acres shared
  18. 1999 Gun Ii Fire 60,391 acres shared
  19. 2008 Mill Fire Cause: Lightning 13,510 acres shared
  20. 2013 Deer Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 11,429 acres shared

And 112 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Park 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