Gaston Fire

Wildfire in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, September 1951

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1049/gaston-fire-1951

Key facts

Started September 12, 1951
Contained Not recorded
Burned 14,205 acres
4th largest fire of 1951
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Riverside County 12,623 acres
  2. San Bernardino County 1,582 acres

Community

  1. Banning 11 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1919 Unnamed fire 145 acres in total 114 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 1,089 acres in total 2 acres shared
  3. 1925 Unnamed fire 305 acres in total 22 acres shared
  4. 1933 Unnamed fire 881 acres in total 505 acres shared
  5. 1949 Unnamed fire 141 acres in total 106 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1973 Morongo Fire 8,055 acres in total 1,423 acres shared
  2. 1976 Unnamed fire 102 acres shared
  3. 1979 Unnamed fire 99 acres in total 98 acres shared
  4. 1979 Unnamed fire 690 acres in total 74 acres shared
  5. 1979 Unnamed fire 33 acres in total 30 acres shared
  6. 1979 Unnamed fire 21 acres shared
  7. 1979 Burro/Mor 59 Fire 1,037 acres in total 1,003 acres shared
  8. 1979 Burro Fire 22 acres shared
  9. 1982 Unnamed fire 173 acres in total 137 acres shared
  10. 1988 Millard Fire 153 acres in total 8 acres shared
  11. 2006 Millard Fire 24,219 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 380 acres shared
  12. 2013 Hathaway Fire 3,780 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 3,276 acres shared
  13. 2020 Apple Fire 33,236 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 11,704 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Gaston Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data