Stable Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino County, August 1959

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1808/stable-fire-1959

Key facts

Started August 2, 1959
Contained Not recorded
Burned 11,981 acres
7th largest fire of 1959
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Bernardino County 11,981 acres

Communities

  1. Hesperia 935 acres
  2. Crestline 229 acres
  3. Lake Arrowhead 4 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 17,062 acres in total 178 acres shared
  2. 1919 Unnamed fire 2,243 acres in total 1,614 acres shared
  3. 1923 Unnamed fire 47 acres in total 25 acres shared
  4. 1931 Unnamed fire 180 acres in total 78 acres shared
  5. 1941 Unnamed fire 555 acres in total 513 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1964 Pinnacles Fire 361 acres shared
  2. 1969 Pilot Fire 1,880 acres in total 607 acres shared
  3. 1987 Unnamed fire 288 acres in total 124 acres shared
  4. 1991 Unnamed fire 12 acres shared
  5. 1999 Willow Fire 63,508 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 57 acres shared
  6. 2003 Old Fire 91,428 acres in total · Cause: Arson 86 acres shared
  7. 2006 Spillway Fire 27 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3 acres shared
  8. 2006 Pinnacles Fire 2,506 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,098 acres shared
  9. 2007 Grass Valley Fire 1,242 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 17 acres shared
  10. 2012 Arrowhead Fire 23 acres in total 2 acres shared
  11. 2016 Pilot Fire 8,111 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 7,522 acres shared
  12. 2024 Hesperia Fire 1,130 acres in total · Cause: Arson 45 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Stable 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

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