Soboba Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, August 1974

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2865/soboba-fire-1974

Key facts

Started August 27, 1974
Contained Not recorded
Burned 19,220 acres
Largest fire of 1974
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 19,219 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 3,952 acres in total 3 acres shared
  2. 1918 Unnamed fire 299 acres in total 3 acres shared
  3. 1921 Unnamed fire 92 acres shared
  4. 1925 Unnamed fire 93 acres shared
  5. 1932 Unnamed fire 10,748 acres in total 711 acres shared
  6. 1942 Unnamed fire 929 acres shared
  7. 1946 Unnamed fire 81 acres shared
  8. 1953 Mckinley Fire 535 acres in total 362 acres shared
  9. 1958 Unnamed fire 97 acres in total 23 acres shared
  10. 1958 Indian Hill Fire 524 acres in total 218 acres shared
  11. 1966 Unnamed fire 2,577 acres in total 456 acres shared
  12. 1970 Unnamed fire 240 acres in total 6 acres shared
  13. 1972 Unnamed fire 158 acres shared
  14. 1972 Unnamed fire 3,628 acres in total · Cause: Arson 446 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1996 Bee #2 Fire 10,046 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,618 acres shared
  2. 1999 Pine Fire 1,618 acres in total 1,019 acres shared
  3. 2003 Canyon Fire 4,302 acres in total 522 acres shared
  4. 2006 Esperanza Fire 40,177 acres in total · Cause: Arson 4,885 acres shared
  5. 2018 Soboba Fire 22 acres in total 21 acres shared
  6. 2020 Oaks Fire 17 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 16 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Soboba 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