Dry Falls Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, August 1980

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3405/dry-falls-fire-1980

Key facts

Started August 26, 1980
Contained Not recorded
Burned 41,756 acres
Largest fire of 1980
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 41,751 acres

Community

  1. Palm Springs 7,327 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. 1924 Unnamed fire 18,433 acres in total 459 acres shared
  2. 1927 Unnamed fire 148 acres shared
  3. 1929 Unnamed fire 631 acres in total 612 acres shared
  4. 1933 Unnamed fire 2,240 acres in total 2,086 acres shared
  5. 1940 Unnamed fire 1,404 acres in total 900 acres shared
  6. 1940 Unnamed fire 3,231 acres in total 190 acres shared
  7. 1941 Unnamed fire 2,735 acres in total 1,735 acres shared
  8. 1942 Unnamed fire 14,214 acres in total 10,299 acres shared
  9. 1973 Lavida Fire 7,482 acres in total 1,869 acres shared
  10. 1974 Unnamed fire 1,155 acres shared
  11. 1977 Chino Fire 470 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1981 Unnamed fire 434 acres shared
  2. 1985 Cabanzo Fire 20,971 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,317 acres shared
  3. 1994 Palm Fire 19,422 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,773 acres shared
  4. 1996 Tramway Fire 414 acres shared
  5. 2005 Blaisdell Fire 5,492 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 587 acres shared
  6. 2008 Apache Fire Cause: Smoking 769 acres shared
  7. 2013 Mountain Fire 27,524 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 15,752 acres shared
  8. 2018 Cranston Fire 13,229 acres in total · Cause: Arson 358 acres shared
  9. 2024 Tuscany Fire 126 acres shared

And 12 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Dry Falls 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