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The state has attempted to document the wildfire history of California. The records, while incomplete, span more than 100 years and include tens of thousands of fires through 2008.

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Source: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Data comes from the statewide interagency personal geodatabase of wildfire history. California Watch assigned county names based on the fire perimeter defined in the geodatabase. Read the methodology for more information about the data.

Last updated: May 2009