Canyon Inn Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, August 1968

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Printed October 31, 2026 from www.firezones.org/fire/2409/canyon-inn-fire-1968

Key facts

Started August 23, 1968
Contained Not recorded
Burned 19,056 acres
2nd largest fire of 1968
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 19,056 acres

Communities

  1. Duarte 1,692 acres
  2. Glendora 1,313 acres
  3. Azusa 850 acres
  4. Monrovia 461 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. A few city neighborhoods, such as Pacific Palisades, are listed too, and their land is also counted in their city.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1924 San Gabriel Fire 43,050 acres in total 16,410 acres shared
  2. 1955 Unnamed fire 247 acres in total 244 acres shared
  3. 1957 Morris Fire 2,789 acres in total 2,756 acres shared
  4. 1957 Gale Fire 24,708 acres in total 2,486 acres shared
  5. 1958 Unnamed fire 13,944 acres in total 9,167 acres shared
  6. 1960 Unnamed fire 15,014 acres in total 2,235 acres shared
  7. 1961 Unnamed fire 257 acres shared
  8. 1962 Unnamed fire 861 acres in total 790 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1980 Stable Fire 6,049 acres in total 3,496 acres shared
  2. 1996 Reservoir Fire 1,466 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,407 acres shared
  3. 1997 Canyon Ii Fire 3,825 acres in total 3,762 acres shared
  4. 1999 Bridge Fire 7,234 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,048 acres shared
  5. 2002 Williams Fire 38,119 acres in total · Cause: Arson 721 acres shared
  6. 2009 Morris Fire 2,237 acres in total · Cause: Arson 986 acres shared
  7. 2014 Colby Fire 1,952 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 1,248 acres shared
  8. 2016 Fish Fire 4,246 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,614 acres shared
  9. 2016 Reservoir Fire Cause: Equipment use 1,144 acres shared
  10. 2020 Dam Fire 226 acres shared
  11. 2020 Ranch2 Fire 4,107 acres shared
  12. 2020 Bobcat Fire 115,998 acres in total 7,377 acres shared

And 33 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Canyon Inn 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 July 28, 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated October 19, 2026

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