Cozy Dell Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino County, July 1964

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2136/cozy-dell-fire-1964

Key facts

Started July 21, 1964
Contained Not recorded
Burned 19,218 acres
3rd largest fire of 1964
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Bernardino County 19,217 acres

Communities

  1. Hesperia 969 acres
  2. Oak Hills 113 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 439 acres in total 388 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 334 acres in total 281 acres shared
  3. 1923 Unnamed fire 995 acres in total 552 acres shared
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire 15,848 acres in total 9,133 acres shared
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 1,014 acres in total 865 acres shared
  6. 1924 Unnamed fire 1,054 acres in total 238 acres shared
  7. 1928 Unnamed fire 13,173 acres in total 6,519 acres shared
  8. 1928 Unnamed fire 623 acres in total 498 acres shared
  9. 1940 Unnamed fire 9,038 acres in total 1,721 acres shared
  10. 1955 Lone Pine Fire 555 acres in total 472 acres shared
  11. 1959 Cajon Fire 490 acres in total 253 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1981 Unnamed fire 1,180 acres in total 673 acres shared
  2. 1982 Stockton Fire 461 acres in total 431 acres shared
  3. 1987 Truck Fire 1,180 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 673 acres shared
  4. 1999 Elloit Fire 2,465 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 856 acres shared
  5. 2002 Blue Cut Fire 6,821 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,177 acres shared
  6. 2002 Louisiana Fire 6,564 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 4,194 acres shared
  7. 2003 Old Fire 91,428 acres in total · Cause: Arson 8,996 acres shared
  8. 2009 Sheep Fire 7,238 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,315 acres shared
  9. 2016 Blue Cut Fire 36,267 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,977 acres shared

And 44 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Cozy Dell 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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