Powerhouse Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, May 2013

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Printed October 31, 2026 from www.firezones.org/fire/7234/powerhouse-fire-2013

Key facts

Started May 30, 2013
Contained December 18, 2013, after 202 days
Burned 30,268 acres
2nd largest fire of 2013
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 30,265 acres

Communities

  1. Lake Hughes 4,018 acres
  2. Elizabeth Lake 1,221 acres
  3. Green Valley 152 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. 1919 Unnamed fire 4,458 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 740 acres in total 351 acres shared
  3. 1921 Ruby Cyn Fire 9,048 acres in total 7,510 acres shared
  4. 1921 Ruby Cyn Fire 1,001 acres in total 867 acres shared
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 24,239 acres in total 4,047 acres shared
  6. 1927 Augustine 18 Fire 9,157 acres in total 240 acres shared
  7. 1936 Clearwater No. 16 Fire 1,453 acres in total 769 acres shared
  8. 1951 Cherry Fire 8,782 acres in total 3,638 acres shared
  9. 1962 Tule Fire 2,273 acres shared
  10. 1965 Unnamed fire 580 acres in total 499 acres shared
  11. 1979 Lyon Fire 465 acres in total 433 acres shared
  12. 1980 Dam/Usfs Fire 7,848 acres in total 3,378 acres shared
  13. 1981 Elizabeth Fire 879 acres in total 752 acres shared
  14. 1984 Unnamed fire 614 acres in total 274 acres shared
  15. 1987 Ruby Fire 10,093 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,115 acres shared
  16. 1990 King Fire 356 acres in total 278 acres shared
  17. 2002 Copper Fire 19,102 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 198 acres shared
  18. 2005 Munz Fire 1,184 acres in total · Cause: Arson 176 acres shared
  19. 2007 Fairmont Fire 212 acres in total 207 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Lake Fire 30,999 acres in total 2,043 acres shared

And 24 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Powerhouse 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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