Gale Fire
The Gale Fire burned 24,708 acres in California, in 1957. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 24,708 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 24,708 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 34.267, -117.921.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 24,708 acres
- State
- California
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CALAC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
Other large fires in California in 195712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 16,628 | ||
| Milepost 40 Fire | 12,183 | ||
| Sprr Mainline #20 Fire | 11,668 | ||
| Bogus Escape Fire | 10,738 | ||
| Fiasco Fire | 7,310 | ||
| Peterson Estates #2 Fire | 6,259 | ||
| Gleason Fire | 5,949 | ||
| Santa Susana Pass Fire | 4,734 | ||
| Wilcox Fire | 4,472 | ||
| Stone Canyon Fire | 4,280 | ||
| Boulder Creek Fire | 3,734 | ||
| E.g. Williams Fire | 3,723 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.