Verbenia Fire

Wildfire in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, August 1995

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4903/verbenia-fire-1995

Key facts

Started August 4, 1995
Contained Not recorded
Burned 21,444 acres
Largest fire of 1995
Cause Equipment use
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Riverside County 18,370 acres
  2. San Bernardino County 3,077 acres

Communities

  1. Desert Hot Springs 1,541 acres
  2. Whitewater 224 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 276 acres shared
  2. 1938 Unnamed fire 82 acres shared
  3. 1950 North Fork Fire 13,188 acres in total 269 acres shared
  4. 1957 Dry Misson Fire 760 acres in total 730 acres shared
  5. 1968 Whitewater Fire 605 acres shared
  6. 1968 Morongo #10 Fire 1,035 acres in total 747 acres shared
  7. 1974 Kitching Fire 4,311 acres in total 343 acres shared
  8. 1975 Unnamed fire 1,877 acres in total 148 acres shared
  9. 1979 Unnamed fire 425 acres shared
  10. 1979 Whitewater Fire 1,899 acres in total 118 acres shared
  11. 1980 Whitewater Fire 335 acres in total 220 acres shared
  12. 1980 Mission Creek Fire 1,360 acres in total 1,094 acres shared
  13. 1984 White Water Fire 351 acres in total 327 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2004 Fish Fire 63 acres shared
  2. 2004 Cottonwood Fire Cause: Smoking 1,819 acres shared
  3. 2006 Millard Fire 24,219 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 6,603 acres shared
  4. 2007 Alta Mesa Fire 70 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 40 acres shared
  5. 2012 View Fire 376 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 40 acres shared
  6. 2013 Water Fire 90 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 45 acres shared
  7. 2017 Fairview Fire 26 acres shared

And 3 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Verbenia 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