Skinner Mill Fire

Wildfire in Tehama County, June 1976

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Printed October 31, 2026 from www.firezones.org/fire/2992/skinner-mill-fire-1976

Key facts

Started June 27, 1976
Contained Not recorded
Burned 89,133 acres
Largest fire of 1976 and 62nd largest in California's records
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Tehama County 89,130 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. — Unnamed fire 948 acres in total 873 acres shared
  2. 1929 Red Bank Fire Cause: Campfire 7,026 acres shared
  3. 1936 Bayless Fire 766 acres shared
  4. 1936 Oak Flat Fire 2,324 acres shared
  5. 1936 China Gulch Fire 53,541 acres in total 958 acres shared
  6. 1943 Robson Fire 9,510 acres in total 6,926 acres shared
  7. 1943 Wells Creek Fire 2,599 acres in total 1,040 acres shared
  8. 1944 Unnamed fire 9,372 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,870 acres shared
  9. 1946 Southfork Fire 1,128 acres shared
  10. 1947 Bayless Fire 4,372 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,745 acres shared
  11. 1950 Stinking Creek Fire 1,741 acres shared
  12. 1954 Oak Flat Fire 2,213 acres shared
  13. 1957 Wells Creek Fire 1,082 acres in total 701 acres shared
  14. 1974 Casey Fire 6,829 acres in total 4,102 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2008 Colyear Fire 1,401 acres in total · Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 1,352 acres shared
  2. 2019 Red Bank Fire Cause: Lightning 8,819 acres shared
  3. 2019 South Fire 5,334 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 860 acres shared
  4. 2019 Ranch Fire 2,534 acres in total 1,202 acres shared
  5. 2020 August Complex 1,032,700 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 30,075 acres shared
  6. 2021 Mcfarland Fire 122,448 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 26,504 acres shared

And 17 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Skinner Mill 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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