# 2004 California wildfires

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]]
7,898 wildfires burned 311,024 acres (1,258.67 square kilometres) in the US state of California in 2004.

## Fires

Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km$^2$) during the 2004 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
| Name | County | Acres | Km$^2$ | Start Date | Contained Date | Notes |
| Pleasure Fire | Riverside | 2,464 | 10.0 | April 25, 2004 | April 26, 2004 | |
| India | San Diego | 2,040 | 8.3 | May 2, 2004 | May 3, 2004 | |
| Eagle | Riverside | 8,831 | 35.7 | May 2, 2004 | May 7, 2004 | 41 structures destroyed |
| Cerrito | Riverside | 16,460 | 66.6 | May 3, 2004 | May 7, 2004 | 26 structures destroyed |
| Cachuma | Santa Barbara | 1,127 | 4.6 | May 3, 2004 | May 7, 2004 | 1 structure destroyed |
| Cottonwood | Riverside | 1,845 | 7.5 | May 12, 2004 | May 15, 2004 | |
| Gaviota | Santa Barbara | 7,440 | 30.1 | June 5, 2004 | June 11, 2004 | 4 structures destroyed |
| Meadow | Mariposa | 5,060 | 20.5 | June 27, 2004 | July 1, 2004 | |
| Bluff | Shasta | 3,304 | 13.4 | June 28, 2004 | September 13, 2004 | Burned in Lassen Volcanic National Park |
| Verbenia | Riverside | 3,833 | 15.5 | July 11, 2004 | July 16, 2004 | |
| Gatos | Fresno | 1,307 | 5.3 | July 11, 2004 | July 13, 2004 | |
| Pine | Los Angeles | 17,418 | 70.5 | July 12, 2004 | July 21, 2004 | 15 structures destroyed, 1 firefighter fatality |
| Mataguary | San Diego | 8,649 | 35.0 | July 13, 2004 | July 15, 2004 | 3 structures destroyed |
| State Melton | Riverside | 3,667 | 14.8 | July 17, 2004 | July 20, 2004 | 20 structures destroyed |
| Foothill | Los Angeles | 6,002 | 24.3 | July 17, 2004 | July 21, 2004 | |
| Pelican | Stanislaus | 1,500 | 6.1 | July 19, 2004 | July 24, 2004 | |
| Crown Complex | Los Angeles | 18,026 | 72.9 | July 20, 2004 | July 23, 2004 | 7 structures destroyed |
| Straylor | Lassen | 3,422 | 13.8 | July 22, 2004 | July 29, 2004 | |
| Irongate | Siskiyou | 2,400 | 9.7 | July 24, 2004 | July 26, 2004 | |
| Sims | Trinity | 4,030 | 16.3 | July 28, 2004 | August 3, 2004 | 4 structures destroyed |
| East | Los Angeles | 1,330 | 5.4 | August 7, 2004 | August 9, 2004 | |
| Copper | Calaveras | 3,443 | 13.9 | August 8, 2004 | August 9, 2004 | |
| Kincaid | Santa Clara | 1,246 | 5.0 | August 8, 2004 | August 10, 2004 | |
| Early | Tuolumne | 1,670 | 6.8 | August 9, 2004 | August 11, 2004 | |
| Oregon | Butte | 2,030 | 8.2 | August 11, 2004 | August 15, 2004 | 4 structures destroyed |
| Bear | Shasta | 10,848 | 43.9 | August 11, 2004 | August 16, 2004 | 86 structures destroyed |
| Deep | Tulare | 3,148 | 12.7 | August 12, 2004 | August 16, 2004 | |
| French | Shasta | 13,005 | 52.6 | August 14, 2004 | August 20, 2004 | 30 structures destroyed |
| Geysers | Lake | 12,525 | 50.7 | September 3, 2004 | September 8, 2004 | 21 structures destroyed |
| Pattison | Calaveras | 2,476 | 10.0 | September 3, 2004 | September 5, 2004 | 125 structures destroyed |
| Cement | Napa | 1,100 | 4.5 | September 4, 2004 | September 4, 2004 | |
| Runaway | San Bernardino | 1,007 | 4.1 | September 7, 2004 | September 9, 2004 | |
| Old Highway | Mariposa | 1,347 | 5.5 | September 12, 2004 | September 15, 2004 | |
| Power | Amador | 16,800 | 68.0 | October 6, 2004 | October 21, 2004 | |
| Rumsey | Yolo | 39,138 | 158.4 | October 10, 2004 | October 16, 2004 | 6 structures destroyed |
| Freds | El Dorado | 7,700 | 31.2 | October 13, 2004 | October 17, 2004 | |