Devils Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino County, July 1994

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4782/devils-fire-1994

Key facts

Started July 3, 1994
Contained July 9, 1994, after 6 days
Burned 12,962 acres
6th largest fire of 1994
Cause Miscellaneous

Where it burned

County

  1. San Bernardino County 12,911 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. 1940 Unnamed fire 10,596 acres in total 1,096 acres shared
  2. 1955 Deer Fire 2,364 acres in total 1,735 acres shared
  3. 1960 Coxey Fire 309 acres in total 192 acres shared
  4. 1962 Unnamed fire 37 acres shared
  5. 1967 Unnamed fire 193 acres shared
  6. 1967 Unnamed fire 25 acres in total 1 acre shared
  7. 1967 Oak Springs Fire 415 acres in total 14 acres shared
  8. 1971 Unnamed fire 565 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 2 acres shared
  9. 1974 Unnamed fire 12 acres shared
  10. 1975 Unnamed fire 334 acres in total 36 acres shared
  11. 1976 Coyote Fire 5,520 acres in total · Cause: Arson 7 acres shared
  12. 1979 Millie Fire 7,560 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 117 acres shared
  13. 1980 Coxey Fire 253 acres in total 231 acres shared
  14. 1984 Unnamed fire 490 acres in total 472 acres shared
  15. 1984 Unnamed fire 124 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 65 acres shared
  16. 1988 Unnamed fire 342 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1995 Rouse Fire 1,151 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 11 acres shared
  2. 1999 Willow Fire 63,508 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 11,069 acres shared
  3. 2003 Old Fire 91,428 acres in total · Cause: Arson 222 acres shared
  4. 2025 Ranch Fire 4,292 acres in total 12 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Devils 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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