Coffee Pot Fire

Wildfire in Tulare County, August 2024

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8560/coffee-pot-fire-2024

Key facts

Started August 3, 2024
Contained December 16, 2024, after 135 days
Burned 14,104 acres
14th largest fire of 2024
Cause Lightning
Buildings 1 destroyed, 0 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tulare County 14,104 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 1

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. 1922 E.fork Fire Cause: Campfire 450 acres shared
  2. 1925 Unknown Fire 466 acres shared
  3. 1926 Unnamed fire 656 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 647 acres shared
  4. 1928 S Fork Fire 21,998 acres in total 5,616 acres shared
  5. 1930 South For Fire 1,075 acres in total 352 acres shared
  6. 1933 Unknown Fire 9 acres shared
  7. 1952 Homers No Fire Cause: Lightning 22 acres shared
  8. 1971 Clough Ca Fire Cause: Smoking 48 acres shared
  9. 1978 Eden Fire 21 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12 acres shared
  10. 1987 Case Fire 4,510 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,571 acres shared
  11. 1987 Coffee Fire Cause: Lightning 196 acres shared
  12. 1995 Eden Grov Fire Cause: Lightning 1 acre shared
  13. 1996 Palmer Fire Cause: Lightning 7 acres shared
  14. 2003 Coffeepot Fire Cause: Lightning 15 acres shared
  15. 2003 Coffeepot2 Fire Cause: Lightning 80 acres shared
  16. 2003 Hmrs Nos2 Fire Cause: Lightning 204 acres shared
  17. 2018 Eden Fire 1,778 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,401 acres shared
  18. 2020 Castle Fire 170,648 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 122 acres shared
  19. 2021 Knp Complex 88,257 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 46 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Coffee Pot 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