| Trigger,Location,Total area,Start date,Damaged structures,Casualties | |
| Zaca Fire,Santa Barbara,"240,207",July 2007,, | |
| Klamath Theater Complex Fire,Siskiyou,"192,038",June 2008,,2 | |
| Witch Fire,San Diego,"197,990",October 2007,, | |
| Creek Fire (2020),"Fresno, Madera","379,895",September 2020,856, | |
| River Complex Fire,"Siskiyou, Trinity",,July 2021,, | |
| Thomas Fire,"Ventura, Santa Barbara","281,893",December 2017,"1,063",23 | |
| Santiago Canyon Fire,"Orange, Riverside, San Diego","300,000",September 1889,, | |
| Matilija Fire,,"220,000",September 1932,, | |
| August Complex Fire,"Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Tehama, Trinity, Shasta","1,032,648",August 2020,935,1 | |
| LNU Lightning Complex Fire,"Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Yolo","363,220",August 2020,"1,491", | |
| Caldor Fire,"El Dorado, Amador, Alpine","221,835",August 2021,"1,003",1 | |
| Rush Fire,Lassen,,August 2012,, | |
| Mendocino Complex Fire,"Mendocino, Lake, Colusa, Glenn","459,123",July 2018,280,1 | |
| Carr Fire,"Shasta, Trinity","229,651",July 2018,, | |
| Monument Fire,Trinity,"223,124",July 2021,, | |
| SCU Lightning Complex Fire,"Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Merced, Stanislaus",,August 2020,222, | |
| Rim Fire,Tuolumne,"257,314",August 2013,, | |
| Cedar Fire,San Diego,"273,246",October 2003,"2,820",15 | |
| Dixie Fire,"Butte, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta, Tehama","963,309",July 2021,"1,329",1 | |
| North Complex Fire,"Plumas, Butte","318,935",August 2020,,15 | |