Paseo Grande Fire

Wildfire in Orange and Riverside counties, 1967

Search for an address

Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2340/paseo-grande-fire-1967

Key facts

Started Not recorded
Contained Not recorded
Burned 51,077 acres
Largest fire of 1967
Cause Not recorded
Open map

Where it burned

Counties

  1. Orange County 45,910 acres
  2. Riverside County 5,170 acres

Communities

  1. Anaheim 8,381 acres
  2. Orange 4,051 acres
  3. Irvine 3,696 acres
  4. Corona 2,042 acres
  5. Tustin 520 acres
  6. North Tustin 419 acres
  7. Yorba Linda 38 acres
  8. Coronita 23 acres
  9. Villa Park 23 acres
  10. Orange Park Acres 15 acres
  11. Silverado 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. 1914 Unnamed fire 18,755 acres in total 17,593 acres shared
  2. 1928 Unnamed fire 1,005 acres shared
  3. 1929 Unnamed fire 1,084 acres shared
  4. 1931 Unnamed fire 7,760 acres in total 4,663 acres shared
  5. 1948 Green River Fire 53,080 acres in total 43,705 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1979 Paseo Fire 3,644 acres in total 3,308 acres shared
  2. 1982 Gypsum Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 20,086 acres shared
  3. 1983 Fresno #3 Fire 1,619 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,466 acres shared
  4. 1984 Loma Ridge Fire 1,435 acres shared
  5. 1985 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 540 acres shared
  6. 1993 Stagecoach Fire 581 acres shared
  7. 1997 Baker Fire 6,320 acres in total 5,808 acres shared
  8. 2002 Green Fire Cause: Power lines 2,234 acres shared
  9. 2006 Sierra Fire Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 10,588 acres shared
  10. 2007 241 Incident Fire Cause: Arson 1,616 acres shared
  11. 2007 Santiago Fire 28,430 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 11,173 acres shared
  12. 2017 Canyon I Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 2,651 acres shared
  13. 2017 Canyon Ii Fire Cause: Debris burning 9,136 acres shared
  14. 2020 Silverado Fire 12,469 acres in total 8,461 acres shared
  15. 2020 Bond Fire 6,681 acres in total 2,140 acres shared

And 43 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Paseo Grande 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