Sand Stone Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino County, August 1959

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1824/sand-stone-fire-1959

Key facts

Started August 11, 1959
Contained Not recorded
Burned 12,061 acres
6th largest fire of 1959
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Bernardino County 12,045 acres

Community

  1. Phelan 6,793 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. 1914 Unnamed fire 73 acres in total 64 acres shared
  2. 1915 Unnamed fire 112 acres in total 92 acres shared
  3. 1915 Unnamed fire 40 acres shared
  4. 1942 Unnamed fire 5,787 acres in total 2,777 acres shared
  5. 1942 Unnamed fire 2,672 acres in total 1,316 acres shared
  6. 1943 Unnamed fire 171 acres in total 49 acres shared
  7. 1945 Unnamed fire 8,389 acres in total 1,207 acres shared
  8. 1948 Unnamed fire 228 acres in total 82 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1964 Cozy Dell Fire 19,218 acres in total 183 acres shared
  2. 1973 Unnamed fire 493 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 66 acres shared
  3. 1983 White Fire 597 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 51 acres shared
  4. 1987 Unnamed fire 62 acres in total 37 acres shared
  5. 1987 Unnamed fire 131 acres in total 25 acres shared
  6. 1996 Morman Fire 65 acres in total · Cause: Railroad 42 acres shared
  7. 1999 Turtle Fire 3,396 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 2,693 acres shared
  8. 2002 Louisiana Fire 6,564 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 41 acres shared
  9. 2004 Runway Fire 1,194 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 991 acres shared
  10. 2006 Ramp Fire 414 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 182 acres shared
  11. 2015 North Fire 4,249 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,734 acres shared
  12. 2016 Blue Cut Fire 36,267 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,481 acres shared

And 2 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sand Stone 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