California Wildfire Housing Losses from 2014 to 2024

The State of California has experienced a series of persistent and destructive wildfires from 2014 to 2024, which have impacted the State’s sub-county population trends and housing. These wildfires have caused significant damage to many structures, resulting in displacement of residents and the demolition of homes. The dashboard provides a detailed visual representation of the extent of housing units lost due to wildfires from 2014 to 2024 across California.From 2014 to 2024, there were 94,397 total wildfires in California resulting in the loss of 36,404 housing structures. Single Family Homes accounted for the most losses with 27,598 structures, followed by Mobile Homes with the loss of 8,289 structures, and Multi-Family Homes with 517 structures.2018 was the most devastating fire year with the loss of 16,596 homes. The total percent loss of California’s housing stock in 2018 was -0.118% of the 14,157,502 homes in the state. The Camp Fire in Paradise accounted for 13,972 of the total loss homes in 2018.While wildfires affected 48 out of the 58 California counties, three counties suffered the most significant housing losses. Butte County experienced the most substantial loss of homes due to wildfires, with a total of 15,899 structures destroyed. Sonoma County ranked second with the loss of 5,824 homes, followed by Lake County, which lost 1,903 homes.NOTE: This dashboard only includes Single Family, Mobile, and Multi-Family housing structures. This dashboard does not include any housing structures with attached commercial business use. Data for the Fire Perimeter layer was last updated December 21, 2023.For more information about the wildfire data, please visit the CalFire webpage.To view more data from the State of California Department of Finance, visit the Demographic Research Unit Data Hub.