Outside Origin #42 Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, November 1956

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1541/outside-origin-42-fire-1956

Key facts

Started November 24, 1956
Contained Not recorded
Burned 46,602 acres
Largest fire of 1956
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 46,596 acres

Community

  1. San Diego Country Estates 4,176 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. 1911 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 1,055 acres shared
  2. 1913 Unnamed fire 1,747 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,688 acres shared
  3. 1913 Unnamed fire 2,248 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 476 acres shared
  4. 1917 Unnamed fire 1,035 acres in total 978 acres shared
  5. 1919 Unnamed fire 8,653 acres in total 4,042 acres shared
  6. 1922 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 597 acres shared
  7. 1928 Unnamed fire 48,613 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 28,316 acres shared
  8. 1929 Unnamed fire 22,336 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,674 acres shared
  9. 1942 Unnamed fire 2,532 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,267 acres shared
  10. 1948 Unnamed fire 880 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 644 acres shared
  11. 1950 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 608 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1967 Unnamed fire 7,094 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,471 acres shared
  2. 1970 Boulder Fire 12,830 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,755 acres shared
  3. 1993 Eagle Fire 5,204 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 5,070 acres shared
  4. 1995 El Monte Fire 8,564 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 5,166 acres shared
  5. 1996 Cedar Fire Cause: Campfire 483 acres shared
  6. 2003 Cedar Fire 270,686 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 46,577 acres shared
  7. 2007 Witch Fire 162,070 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 29,142 acres shared
  8. 2010 Monte Fire 953 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 929 acres shared
  9. 2025 Monte Fire 1,051 acres in total · Cause: Arson 956 acres shared

And 50 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Outside Origin #42 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