East Highland Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino County, November 1956

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1538/east-highland-fire-1956

Key facts

Started November 19, 1956
Contained Not recorded
Burned 14,444 acres
3rd largest fire of 1956
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Bernardino County 14,444 acres

Communities

  1. San Bernardino 1,909 acres
  2. Highland 882 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. 1908 Unnamed fire 1,360 acres in total 1,317 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 546 acres in total 462 acres shared
  3. 1921 Unnamed fire 502 acres in total 184 acres shared
  4. 1922 Unnamed fire 19,326 acres in total 2,626 acres shared
  5. 1927 Unnamed fire 9,517 acres in total 4,969 acres shared
  6. 1941 Unnamed fire 2,178 acres in total 1,545 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1960 Mckinley Fire 1,781 acres in total 1,421 acres shared
  2. 1970 Bear Fire 51,655 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 7,804 acres shared
  3. 1975 Unnamed fire 836 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 613 acres shared
  4. 1979 Shadow Fire 2,601 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,687 acres shared
  5. 1979 Daley Fire 1,047 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 603 acres shared
  6. 1980 Unnamed fire 836 acres in total 549 acres shared
  7. 1980 Sycamore Fire 3,479 acres in total 2,983 acres shared
  8. 1989 Unnamed fire 652 acres in total 498 acres shared
  9. 1992 Unnamed fire 287 acres in total 276 acres shared
  10. 1997 Hemlock - July Fire 3,947 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 2,015 acres shared
  11. 2003 Bridge Fire 1,157 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 770 acres shared
  12. 2003 Old Fire 91,428 acres in total · Cause: Arson 13,637 acres shared
  13. 2017 Mart Fire Cause: Arson 665 acres shared
  14. 2024 Line Fire 43,976 acres in total 9,238 acres shared

And 45 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the East Highland 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