Steward Fire

Wildfire in Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties, 1958

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1754/steward-fire-1958

Key facts

Started Not recorded
Contained Not recorded
Burned 68,106 acres
Largest fire of 1958 and 84th largest in California's records
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Orange County 39,383 acres
  2. Riverside County 20,564 acres
  3. San Diego County 8,163 acres

Communities

  1. Rancho Mission Viejo 8,226 acres
  2. Coto de Caza 3,239 acres
  3. Rancho Santa Margarita 530 acres
  4. Las Flores 300 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. 1915 Unnamed fire 1,782 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 5,624 acres in total 2,594 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 3,164 acres in total 1,773 acres shared
  4. 1917 Unnamed fire 5,200 acres in total 975 acres shared
  5. 1923 Unnamed fire 2,150 acres in total 1,006 acres shared
  6. 1925 Unnamed fire 8,650 acres in total 5,817 acres shared
  7. 1927 Unnamed fire 1,857 acres shared
  8. 1943 Unnamed fire 2,727 acres shared
  9. 1943 Unnamed fire 1,930 acres in total 1,845 acres shared
  10. 1952 Unnamed fire 897 acres shared
  11. 1952 Indian Potrero Fire 5,605 acres in total 3,109 acres shared
  12. 1954 Wiegand Fire 4,956 acres in total 2,775 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1969 Unnamed fire 15,757 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 935 acres shared
  2. 1980 Turner Fire 31,447 acres in total 3,820 acres shared
  3. 1980 Indian Fire 28,940 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 8,227 acres shared
  4. 1989 Ortega Fire 7,752 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,931 acres shared
  5. 1989 Mateo Fire 13,479 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7,346 acres shared
  6. 1993 Ortega Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 21,008 acres shared
  7. 2021 Chaparral Fire 1,427 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,258 acres shared
  8. 2024 Airport Fire 23,526 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 6,717 acres shared

And 38 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Steward 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