The following is a partial list of fires that burned in the

San Bernardino National Forest The San Bernardino National Forest is a United States National Forest in Southern California encompassing of which are federal. The forest is made up of two main divisions, the eastern portion of the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Bernard ...

in Southern California, listed with their date of origin.

List of Fires in the Mountaintop and Front Country Ranger Districts

Old Fire The Old Fire was a large complex wildfire that started on October 25, 2003 (the original Old Fire began on October 25), near Old Waterman Canyon Road and California State Route 18 in the San Bernardino Mountains, in San Bernardino County, South ...

(2003) *Paradise Fire (2005) *Blaisdell Fire (2005) *Thurman Fire (2005) *Plunge Fire (2006) *Arrastre Fire (2006) *Ramp Fire (2006) *Heart-Millard Complex (2006) *Emerald Fire (2006) *Pinnacles Fire (2006) *Jefferson Fire (2006) *Butler Fire (2007) *Butler II Fire (2007) *Slide Fire (2007) *Hathaway Fire (June 9, 2013) *Sierra Fire (2013) * Etiwanda Fire (2014) *

Lake Fire The Lake Fire was a wildfire that burned in the San Bernardino National Forest. The fire started on June 17, 2015 and burned over 31,359 acres before it was fully contained on July 21, 2015. The fire was first reported at 4 p.m. on June 17, 2015 j ...

(2015) *

North Fire The North Fire was a wildfire that occurred in the Mojave Desert near the towns of Victorville and Hesperia, north of San Bernardino and south of Bakersfield, California. The fire began on July 17, 2015. The areas most impacted were adjacent to ...

(2015) *Scales Fire (2015) *Summit Fire (2015) * Pilot Fire (2016) *

Blue Cut Fire The Blue Cut Fire was a wildfire in the Cajon Pass, northeastern San Gabriel Mountains, and Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California. The fire, which began on the Blue Cut hiking trail in the San Bernardino National Forest, was first re ...

(2016) *Ken Fire (2016) *Tower Fire (2017) *

Holcomb Fire The Holcomb Fire was a wildfire that burned due north of Big Bear Lake near Highway 18 in the San Bernardino National Forest in San Bernardino County, California. Within several days, the fire would consume some 1,500 plus acres as it threatened ...

(2017) * Mart Fire (June 27, 2017) *Bridge 2 Fire (July 14, 2017) *Mile Fire (July 31, 2017) *Bryant Fire (August 3, 2017) *Dollar Fire (2017) *Helen Incident (January 15, 2018) *Creek Fire (June 30, 2018) *Valley Fire (July 6, 2018) *Box Fire (July 6, 2018) *Apple Fire (July 2020) *El Dorado Fire (September 2020) *South Fire (August 2021)

List of Fires in the San Jacinto Ranger District

*Bee Canyon Fire (1996) *Oak Fire (2006) *

Esperanza Fire The Esperanza Fire was a large, wind-driven, arson-caused wildfire that started on October 26, 2006, in a river wash near Cabazon, California, west of Palm Springs, California. By October 29, 2006, it had burned over (or ) and was 85% contained ...

(2006) *Apache Fire (2008) *

Mountain Fire The Mountain Fire was a wildfire in July, 2013 in Mountain Center, Riverside County, California, about 100 miles east of Los Angeles. It burned primarily in the San Jacinto Mountains in the San Bernardino National Forest. It started on July 15, 2 ...

(2013) *Tram Fire (2013) * Silver Fire (2013) *Little Fire (2013) *Anza Fire (2015) *Rouse Fire (2017) *Azalea Fire (2017) *Mount Fire (2017) * ''Name Unknown'' (June 10, 2018) *Saunders Fire (June 14, 2018) *Indian Fire (June 14, 2018) *

Cranston Fire The Cranston Fire was a wildfire that burned in southwest Riverside County, California, in the United States. The fire was started on July 25, 2018, by Brandon M. McGlover, in an act of arson. The fire burned a total of , before it was fully cont ...

(July 25, 2018) *Ribbon Fire (July 26, 2018) *Fern Fire (July 22, 2020) *Bonita Fire (January 2021) *Flats Fire (June 2021)

Esperanza Fire

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was a large, wind-driven,

arson Arson is the crime of willfully and deliberately setting fire to or charring property. Although the act of arson typically involves buildings, the term can also refer to the intentional burning of other things, such as motor vehicles, wat ...

-caused

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that started on October 26, 2006, in a river wash near

Cabazon, California Cabazon (Spanish: ''Cabazón'') is a unincorporated community in Riverside County, California, United States. Cabazon is on the Pacific Crest Trail. In the 21st century, the area has become a tourist stop, due to the Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa ...

, west of

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. By October 29, 2006, it had burned over (or ) and was 85% contained. On October 30, 2006, the fire was fully contained. Five

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s were killed defending a vacant house locally known as the "Octagon" that was ultimately destroyed by the fire: Jason McKay, Jess McLean, Daniel Najera, Mark Loutzenhiser, and Pablo Cerda.

Mountain Fire

The

was a

in July, 2013 in

Riverside County, California Riverside County is a County (United States), county located in the southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most ...

, about 100 miles east of

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. It burned primarily in the

San Jacinto Mountains The San Jacinto Mountains (''Avii Hanupach''Munro, P., et al. ''A Mojave Dictionary''. Los Angeles: UCLA. 1992. in Mojave) are a mountain range in Riverside County, located east of Los Angeles in southern California in the United States. The mou ...

in the

. It started on July 15, 2013 at 1:43 PM near the junction of Highway 243 and Highway 74. It burned for 16 days on steep slopes of timber and chaparral above

Palm Springs Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by land ...

. Heavy rainfall, up to , on July 21 helped bring the blaze under control. It was fully contained on July 30, 2013.

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San Bernardino National Forest Fires in California

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