Cleveland Fire

Wildfire in El Dorado County, September 1992

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4621/cleveland-fire-1992

Key facts

Started September 29, 1992
Contained October 12, 1992, after 13 days
Burned 22,519 acres
2nd largest fire of 1992
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. El Dorado County 22,518 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. 1917 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 110 acres shared
  2. 1918 Unnamed fire 283 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 43 acres shared
  3. 1918 Unnamed fire 9 acres shared
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 16 acres shared
  5. 1927 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 39 acres shared
  6. 1954 Unnamed fire 14,710 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 180 acres shared
  7. 1959 Ice House(Usfs #8) Fire 19,099 acres in total 9,421 acres shared
  8. 1973 Unnamed fire 19 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2 acres shared
  9. 1973 Pilliken Fire 10,316 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,674 acres shared
  10. 1984 Unnamed fire Cause: Arson 27 acres shared
  11. 1987 Unnamed fire Cause: Debris burning 17 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1996 Silver Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 31 acres shared
  2. 1996 Kyburz Fire 15 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4 acres shared
  3. 2002 St. Pauli Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 320 acres shared
  4. 2002 Plum Fire 1,762 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 105 acres shared
  5. 2004 Freds Fire 7,558 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,397 acres shared
  6. 2013 Kyburz Fire 571 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 96 acres shared
  7. 2014 King Fire 97,685 acres in total · Cause: Arson 147 acres shared
  8. 2015 Kyburz Fire 84 acres shared
  9. 2021 Caldor Fire 221,786 acres in total 3,113 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Cleveland 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

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