Malibu’s wildfire history
In the last 90 years, at least 30 wildfires have burned parts of the upscale coastal community of Malibu. The recent Woolsey blaze was the largest, charring nearly 97,000 acres.
Woolsey, 2018
96,949 acres
Corral, 2007
4,708 acres
Canyon, 2007
3,839 acres
Pacific, 2003
806 acres
Calabasas, 1996
12,513 acres
Latigo, 1994
63 acres
Green Meadows, 1993
38,479 acres
Old Topanga, 1993
16,468 acres
Decker, 1985
6,567 acres
Piuma, 1985
5,391 acres
Dayton Canyon, 1982
43,097 acres
Kanan, 1978
25,589 acres
Unnamed, 1978
60 acres
Trippet, 1973
2,831 acres
Wright, 1970
28,202 acres
Latigo, 1967
2,869 acres
Unnamed, 1959
36 acres
Unnamed, 1958
5,116 acres
Unnamed, 1958
18,120 acres
Hume, 1956
2,194 acres
Sherwood-Zuma, 1956
35,170 acres
Unnamed, 1953
169 acres
Miller, 1948
41 acres
Dume, 1946
213 acres
Woodland Hills, 1943
14,919 acres
Las Flores, 1942
5,841 acres
Topanga, 1938
14,532 acres
Malibu, 1935
28,195 acres
Potrero, 1930
8,783 acres
Las Flores, 1928
274 acres
Sources: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Fire and Resource Assessment Program
