# 2005 California wildfires

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]]
7,162 wildfires burned 222,538 acres (900.58 km$^2$) of land in the US state of California in 2005.

## Fires

Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km$^2$) during the 2005 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
| Name | County | Acres | Km$^2$ | Start Date | Contained Date | Notes |
| Dos Amigos | Merced | 1,232 | 5.0 | June 3, 2005 | June 3, 2005 | |
| Five | Fresno | 5,514 | 22.3 | June 4, 2005 | June 5, 2005 | |
| Sperry | Stanislaus | 1,330 | 5.4 | June 4, 2005 | June 4, 2005 | |
| Pioneer | San Bernardino | 1,876 | 7.6 | June 18, 2005 | June 19, 2005 | |
| Paradise | San Bernardino | 3,082 | 12.5 | June 22, 2005 | June 25, 2005 | |
| Soboba | Riverside | 2,000 | 8.1 | June 22, 2005 | June 24, 2005 | |
| Hackberry | San Bernardino | 71,000 | 287.3 | June 22, 2005 | June 27, 2005 | |
| Bailey | Madera | 1,056 | 4.3 | July 2, 2005 | July 2, 2005 | |
| Tovey | Los Angeles | 1,200 | 4.9 | July 5, 2005 | July 6, 2005 | |
| Millwood | Tulare | 2,600 | 10.5 | July 7, 2005 | July 7, 2005 | |
| Nine | Tulare | 1,150 | 4.7 | July 9, 2005 | July 9, 2005 | |
| Tesla | Alameda | 6,744 | 27.3 | July 19, 2005 | July 20, 2005 | |
| China Lake | Kern | 1,282 | 5.2 | July 19, 2005 | July 19, 2005 | |
| Kingston | San Bernardino | 3,500 | 14.2 | July 22, 2005 | July 23, 2005 | |
| Cowpie | Merced | 3,200 | 12.9 | August 1, 2005 | August 1, 2005 | |
| Halloran | San Bernardino | 1,500 | 6.1 | August 3, 2005 | August 3, 2005 | 1 civilian killed |
| Deer | Lake | 1,700 | 6.9 | August 9, 2005 | August 9, 2005 | |
| ThirtySix | Tehama | 2,700 | 10.9 | August 10, 2005 | August 11, 2005 | |
| Barrel | Modoc | 24,800 | 100.4 | August 22, 2005 | August 22, 2005 | |
| Harding | Sierra | 2,270 | 9.2 | August 24, 2005 | August 24, 2005 | |
| Manton | Tehama | 1,830 | 7.4 | August 26, 2005 | August 29, 2005 | |
| Blaisdell | Riverside | 5,493 | 22.2 | August 26, 2005 | August 30, 2005 | |
| Gorman | Kern | 2,386 | 9.7 | September 3, 2005 | September 5, 2005 | |
| Pine | Tulare | 1,600 | 6.5 | September 19, 2005 | September 19, 2005 | |
| Topanga | Los Angeles | 24,175 | 97.8 | September 28, 2005 | October 7, 2005 | |
| San Timoteo | Riverside | 1,100 | 4.5 | September 28, 2005 | September 28, 2005 | |
| Harvard | Los Angeles | 1,094 | 4.4 | September 29, 2005 | October 4, 2005 | |
| River | Madera | 6,000 | 24.3 | October 5, 2005 | October 5, 2005 | |
| Border 50 | San Diego | 4,103 | 16.6 | October 5, 2005 | October 8, 2005 | |
| Woodhouse | Riverside | 6,500 | 26.3 | October 5, 2005 | October 7, 2005 | |
| School | Ventura | 3,891 | 15.7 | November 18, 2005 | November 19, 2005 | |

## Labor Day brush fire

On Labor Day Monday, September 5, 2005, a small brush fire erupted and burned parts of Rancho Peñasquitos and Black Mountain Open Space Park. The wildfire quickly grew to 200 acres (0.81 km$^2$), and triggered the evacuation of 200 homes in Rancho Peñasquitos, before further growth was stopped by firefighters. The fire was fully extinguished by September 7. Despite its small size, the brush fire was the worst wildfire to affect San Diego City in two years, since the Cedar Fire of 2003. The wildfire resulted in 6 injuries, but did not result in structural damages. The brush fire determined to have been started by a teenage boy, who was subsequently arrested.