Owl Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside counties, 1980

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3473/owl-fire-1980

Key facts

Started Not recorded
Contained Not recorded
Burned 18,332 acres
5th largest fire of 1980
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. San Bernardino County 10,991 acres
  2. Orange County 6,415 acres
  3. Riverside County 926 acres

Communities

  1. Chino Hills 10,702 acres
  2. Yorba Linda 4,900 acres
  3. Chino 289 acres
  4. Anaheim 6 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. 1973 Serranos Fire 304 acres shared
  2. 1978 Soquel Fire 3,934 acres in total 34 acres shared
  3. 1979 Los Sarranos Fire 172 acres in total 69 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1983 Hills Fire Cause: Equipment use 581 acres shared
  2. 1985 Telegraph Fire 1,635 acres in total 63 acres shared
  3. 1988 State Park Fire 820 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 756 acres shared
  4. 1990 Yorba Fire 7,884 acres in total 3,656 acres shared
  5. 2002 Evening Fire 893 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 867 acres shared
  6. 2002 Blue Gum Fire 497 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 12 acres shared
  7. 2005 Yorba Linda Fire 1,079 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 278 acres shared
  8. 2008 Freeway Fire 30,305 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 13,145 acres shared
  9. 2015 Casino Fire 16 acres shared
  10. 2018 Euclid Fire 156 acres in total 28 acres shared
  11. 2020 Blue Ridge Fire 13,695 acres in total 11,381 acres shared
  12. 2020 Airport Fire 1,086 acres in total 54 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Owl 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