Rawson Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, August 1962

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2057/rawson-fire-1962

Key facts

Started August 24, 1962
Contained Not recorded
Burned 12,946 acres
Largest fire of 1962
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 12,946 acres

Community

  1. Sage 2,713 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. 1917 Unnamed fire 2,294 acres in total 27 acres shared
  2. 1960 Cactus Fire 482 acres in total 170 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1977 Shipley Fire 321 acres in total 135 acres shared
  2. 1979 Skinner Fire 798 acres in total 285 acres shared
  3. 1982 Rawson Fire 1,757 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,551 acres shared
  4. 1987 Winchester#1 Fire 1,098 acres in total 104 acres shared
  5. 1993 California Fire 24,434 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 10,939 acres shared
  6. 1994 Unnamed fire 443 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 117 acres shared
  7. 2003 Barranca Fire 259 acres shared
  8. 2003 Stage Fire 1,571 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,154 acres shared
  9. 2003 Mountain Fire 10,331 acres in total 3,901 acres shared
  10. 2010 Ranch Fire 127 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 72 acres shared
  11. 2010 Skinner Fire Cause: Lightning 521 acres shared
  12. 2012 Vista Fire 403 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1 acre shared
  13. 2012 Red Fire 46 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 7 acres shared
  14. 2018 Patterson Fire 1,261 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 141 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Rawson 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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