Texas Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino County, September 1988

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4346/texas-fire-1988

Key facts

Started September 28, 1988
Contained October 7, 1988, after 9 days
Burned 12,096 acres
4th largest fire of 1988
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Bernardino County 12,095 acres

Communities

  1. Rancho Cucamonga 3,625 acres
  2. Fontana 2,072 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 356 acres in total 77 acres shared
  2. 1912 Unnamed fire 216 acres in total 200 acres shared
  3. 1913 Unnamed fire 3,086 acres in total 1,253 acres shared
  4. 1919 Unnamed fire 514 acres shared
  5. 1921 Unnamed fire 1,055 acres in total 672 acres shared
  6. 1921 Unnamed fire 548 acres shared
  7. 1925 Unnamed fire 1,185 acres in total 137 acres shared
  8. 1936 Unnamed fire 4,704 acres in total 1,962 acres shared
  9. 1952 East Fire 545 acres shared
  10. 1953 Unnamed fire 121 acres shared
  11. 1957 Morse Fire 2,474 acres in total 1,859 acres shared
  12. 1964 Etiwanda Fire 424 acres in total 105 acres shared
  13. 1970 Unnamed fire 37,472 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9,780 acres shared
  14. 1975 Unnamed fire 170 acres in total 165 acres shared
  15. 1980 Summit Fire 4,368 acres in total 4,113 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1990 Unnamed fire 718 acres in total 440 acres shared
  2. 2001 Duncan Fire Cause: Arson 126 acres shared
  3. 2003 Grand Prix Fire 50,618 acres in total · Cause: Arson 10,118 acres shared
  4. 2008 Foxborough Fire Cause: Playing with fire 324 acres shared
  5. 2021 South Fire 811 acres in total 466 acres shared

And 8 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Texas 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