Deadliest/large-loss fires

The 10 largest loss wildland fires in the U.S.

Rank	Event	Loss in year fire occurred	Adjusted loss in 2010 dollars
1	Oakland Fire Storm (wildland/urban interface) Oakland, California October 1991	$1.5 billion	$2.4 billion
2	The Southern California Firestorm* San Diego County, California October 2007	$1.8 billion	$1.9 billion
3	"Cedar" Wildland Fire Julian, California October 2003	$1.1 billion	$1.3 billion
4	"Cerro Grande" Wildland Fire (wildland/urban interface) Los Alamos, New Mexico May 2000	$1.0 billion	$1.3 billion
5	"Old" Wildland Fire San Bernardino, California October 2003	$975 million	$1.2 billion
6	Southern California Wildfires of November* Sacramento, California November 2008	$800 million	$810 million
7	"Laguna Beach Fire" (wildland/urban interface) Orange County, California October 1993	$528 million	$796 million
8	Florida Wildland Fire* May-June 1998	$395 million	$527 million
9	Forest Fire Cloquet, Minnesota October 1918	$35 million	$505 million
10	"Paint Fire" Goletta (wildland/urban interface) Santa Barbara, California June 1990	$237 million	$396 million

* Includes multiple fires.

Source: NFPA 's Fire Incident Data Organization data base and NFPA archive files
Updated: 2/12

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