2004 California wildfires
The 2004 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2004. In total, there were 7,898 fires that burned of land.
Fires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded during the 2004 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.| Name | County | Acres | Km | Start Date | Contained Date | Notes |
| Pleasure Fire | Riverside | April 25, 2004 | April 26, 2004 | - | ||
| India | San Diego | May 2, 2004 | May 3, 2004 | - | ||
| Eagle | Riverside | May 2, 2004 | May 7, 2004 | 41 structures destroyed | - | |
| Cerrito | Riverside | May 3, 2004 | May 7, 2004 | 26 structures destroyed | - | |
| Cachuma | Santa Barbara | May 3, 2004 | May 7, 2004 | 1 structure destroyed | - | |
| Cottonwood | Riverside | May 12, 2004 | May 15, 2004 | - | ||
| Gaviota | Santa Barbara | June 5, 2004 | June 11, 2004 | 4 structures destroyed | - | |
| Meadow | Mariposa | June 27, 2004 | July 1, 2004 | - | ||
| Bluff | Shasta | June 28, 2004 | September 13, 2004 | Burned in Lassen Volcanic National Park | - | |
| Verbenia | Riverside | July 11, 2004 | July 16, 2004 | - | ||
| Gatos | Fresno | July 11, 2004 | July 13, 2004 | - | ||
| Pine | Los Angeles | July 12, 2004 | July 21, 2004 | 15 structures destroyed, 1 firefighter fatality | - | |
| Mataguary | San Diego | July 13, 2004 | July 15, 2004 | 3 structures destroyed | - | |
| State Melton | Riverside | July 17, 2004 | July 20, 2004 | 20 structures destroyed | - | |
| Foothill | Los Angeles | July 17, 2004 | July 21, 2004 | - | ||
| Pelican | Stanislaus | July 19, 2004 | July 24, 2004 | - | ||
| Crown Complex | Los Angeles | July 20, 2004 | July 23, 2004 | 7 structures destroyed | - | |
| Straylor | Lassen | July 22, 2004 | July 29, 2004 | - | ||
| Irongate | Siskiyou | July 24, 2004 | July 26, 2004 | - | ||
| Sims | Trinity | July 28, 2004 | August 3, 2004 | 4 structures destroyed | - | |
| East | Los Angeles | August 7, 2004 | August 9, 2004 | - | ||
| Copper | Calaveras | August 8, 2004 | August 9, 2004 | - | ||
| Kincaid | Santa Clara | August 8, 2004 | August 10, 2004 | - | ||
| Early | Tuolumne | August 9, 2004 | August 11, 2004 | - | ||
| Oregon | Butte | August 11, 2004 | August 15, 2004 | 4 structures destroyed | - | |
| Bear | Shasta | August 11, 2004 | August 16, 2004 | 86 structures destroyed | - | |
| Deep | Tulare | August 12, 2004 | August 16, 2004 | - | ||
| French | Shasta | August 14, 2004 | August 20, 2004 | 30 structures destroyed | - | |
| Geysers | Lake | September 3, 2004 | September 8, 2004 | 21 structures destroyed | - | |
| Pattison | Calaveras | September 3, 2004 | September 5, 2004 | 125 structures destroyed | - | |
| Cement | Napa | September 4, 2004 | September 4, 2004 | - | ||
| Runaway | San Bernardino | September 7, 2004 | September 9, 2004 | - | ||
| Old Highway | Mariposa | September 12, 2004 | September 15, 2004 | - | ||
| Power | Amador | October 6, 2004 | October 21, 2004 | - | ||
| Rumsey | Yolo | October 10, 2004 | October 16, 2004 | 6 structures destroyed | - | |
| Freds | El Dorado | October 13, 2004 | October 17, 2004 | - |