Palm Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, July 1994

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4779/palm-fire-1994

Key facts

Started July 1, 1994
Contained July 10, 1994, after 9 days
Burned 19,422 acres
5th largest fire of 1994
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 19,421 acres

Community

  1. Palm Springs 1,295 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. 1920 Unnamed fire 2,800 acres in total 2,279 acres shared
  2. 1942 Unnamed fire 14,214 acres in total 5,601 acres shared
  3. 1966 Outside Origin #4 Fire 610 acres shared
  4. 1975 Unnamed fire 2,658 acres in total 2,524 acres shared
  5. 1980 Dry Falls Fire 41,756 acres in total 1,773 acres shared
  6. 1987 Unnamed fire 75 acres shared
  7. 1987 Unnamed fire 41 acres shared
  8. 1987 Unnamed fire 19 acres shared
  9. 1988 Unnamed fire 152 acres in total 46 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1996 Ladder Fire 422 acres in total 26 acres shared
  2. 2013 Mountain Fire 27,524 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 362 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Palm 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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