Turner Fire

Wildfire in Riverside and San Diego counties, November 1980

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3451/turner-fire-1980

Key facts

Started November 16, 1980
Contained Not recorded
Burned 31,447 acres
2nd largest fire of 1980
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Riverside County 30,268 acres
  2. San Diego County 1,181 acres

Communities

  1. Wildomar 846 acres
  2. Lakeland Village 491 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 2,694 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 10,736 acres in total 4,729 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 2,465 acres shared
  4. 1917 Unnamed fire 2,563 acres in total 2,390 acres shared
  5. 1917 Unnamed fire 5,624 acres in total 1,812 acres shared
  6. 1921 Unnamed fire 4,989 acres in total 1,694 acres shared
  7. 1923 Unnamed fire 3,889 acres in total 534 acres shared
  8. 1927 Unnamed fire 812 acres in total 483 acres shared
  9. 1938 Unnamed fire 5,000 acres in total 2,020 acres shared
  10. 1945 Unnamed fire 37,888 acres in total 5,703 acres shared
  11. 1945 Unnamed fire 2,180 acres in total 1,833 acres shared
  12. 1949 Unnamed fire 13,786 acres in total 1,365 acres shared
  13. 1950 Morrell Fire 5,118 acres in total 4,425 acres shared
  14. 1955 Unnamed fire 516 acres shared
  15. 1957 Pederson Fire 1,966 acres shared
  16. 1958 Steward Fire 68,106 acres in total 3,820 acres shared
  17. 1970 Boundary Fire 1,416 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,401 acres shared
  18. 1975 Tenaja Fire 10,162 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,289 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2017 Wildomar Fire Cause: Vehicle 865 acres shared
  2. 2021 Chaparral Fire 1,427 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 591 acres shared

And 18 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Turner 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