Panorama Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino County, November 1980

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3457/panorama-fire-1980

Key facts

Started November 24, 1980
Contained Not recorded
Burned 23,626 acres
4th largest fire of 1980
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Bernardino County 23,626 acres

Communities

  1. San Bernardino 6,669 acres
  2. Crestline 195 acres
  3. Lake Arrowhead 82 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. 1911 Unnamed fire 17,062 acres in total 4,873 acres shared
  2. 1918 Unnamed fire 1,485 acres in total 689 acres shared
  3. 1922 Unnamed fire 19,326 acres in total 4,176 acres shared
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire 749 acres shared
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 1,540 acres in total 417 acres shared
  6. 1928 Unnamed fire 13,173 acres in total 3,214 acres shared
  7. 1938 Unnamed fire 12,493 acres in total 10,181 acres shared
  8. 1943 Unnamed fire 958 acres in total 692 acres shared
  9. 1944 Unnamed fire 1,181 acres shared
  10. 1953 Unnamed fire 491 acres in total 433 acres shared
  11. 1953 Arrowhead Springs Fire 3,105 acres in total 2,664 acres shared
  12. 1954 Panorama Fire 5,454 acres in total 2,667 acres shared
  13. 1954 Cable Canyon Fire 3,921 acres in total 3,810 acres shared
  14. 1970 Unnamed fire Cause: Campfire 1,481 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1986 Glenwood Fire 650 acres in total 568 acres shared
  2. 1996 Waterman 3 Fire Cause: Campfire 370 acres shared
  3. 1996 Waterman 3 Fire 484 acres shared
  4. 2002 Arrowhead Fire 2,579 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,136 acres shared
  5. 2003 Old Fire 91,428 acres in total · Cause: Arson 22,460 acres shared
  6. 2007 Martin Ranch Fire 602 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 583 acres shared

And 93 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Panorama 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