opp... spoke to soon... was able to find ca.gov data for 2018 at a different web page:
http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_statsevents#2018
# of fires is still within the average but again the average is off the charts.
According to the statistics chart from the site you posted. I see 2007 and 2008 where over 1.5 million acres.