Guejiuto Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, October 1993

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4718/guejiuto-fire-1993

Key facts

Started October 27, 1993
Contained Not recorded
Burned 17,820 acres
7th largest fire of 1993
Cause Power lines
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 17,819 acres

Communities

  1. San Diego 1,626 acres
  2. Escondido 1,103 acres
  3. Ramona 86 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. 1913 Unnamed fire 62,426 acres in total 7,393 acres shared
  2. 1914 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 69 acres shared
  3. 1919 Unnamed fire 121 acres shared
  4. 1919 Unnamed fire 1,871 acres in total 50 acres shared
  5. 1927 Unnamed fire 172 acres in total 93 acres shared
  6. 1929 Unnamed fire 30,494 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 90 acres shared
  7. 1938 Unnamed fire 2,291 acres shared
  8. 1952 Fox Fire 692 acres shared
  9. 1955 Oakvale Lodge Fire 8,198 acres in total 6,063 acres shared
  10. 1965 Unnamed fire 151 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 102 acres shared
  11. 1972 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 39 acres shared
  12. 1975 Rockwood Fire 681 acres shared
  13. 1983 Orosco Fire 43 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 30 acres shared
  14. 1988 Wild Fire 753 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 569 acres shared
  15. 1991 Guejito Fire 51 acres shared
  16. 1992 Ysabel Fire 501 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 434 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1997 Rockwood Fire 24 acres shared
  2. 2003 Paradise Fire 56,546 acres in total · Cause: Arson 521 acres shared
  3. 2007 Witch Fire 162,070 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 15,926 acres shared
  4. 2021 Clevenger Fire 53 acres shared

And 5 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Guejiuto 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