- North Complex, Butte & Plumas Counties
*304,492 acres, 78% contained
*15 fatalities
*2,248 structures destroyed
*Evacuations in place
- August Complex, Glenn, Tehama, Mendocino & Trinity Counties
*867,335 acres, 40% contained
*South Zone 487,584 acres, 70% contained
*North Zone 275,521 acres, 35% contained
*West Zone 104,230 acres, 50% contained
*1 fatality
*Includes multiple fires including the Elkhorn, Hopkins, Willow, Vinegar, and Doe fires
- Slater Fire, Siskiyou County
Happy Camp area (Klamath National Forest)
*153,850 acres, 25% contained
*2 fatalities
*Evacuation orders in place -
Devil Fire, Siskiyou County
5 miles north of Upper Devil’s Peak (Klamath National Forest)
*8,173 acres, 18% contained
- Fox Fire, Siskiyou County
*2,188 acres, 73% contained
*Evacuations in place
- Red Salmon Complex – Humboldt County
14 miles northeast of Willow Creek (Shasta-Trinity National Forest)
*108,244 acres, 31% contained
- Butte/Tehama/Glenn (BTU/TGU) Lightning Complex, multiple Counties
Butte, Tehama and Glenn Counties
*19,609 acres, 97% contained
*14 structures destroyed
*While no growth is expected, fire suppression repair work is ongoing.
- Top 20 Wildfire Records
- 5 of the Top 20 largest wildfires in California History have occurred in 2020.
- Largest Wildfires – #1 August Complex, #3 SCU Lightning Complex, #4 LNU Lightning Complex, #5 North Complex, and #6 Creek Fire.
- Most Destructive – #5 North Complex, #10 LNU Lightning Complex, #11 CZU Lightning Complex, and #17 Creek Fire.
- Deadliest Wildfires – #5 North Complex and #20 LNU Lightning Complex.