Bee #2 Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, June 1996

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5044/bee-2-fire-1996

Key facts

Started June 29, 1996
Contained July 6, 1996, after 7 days
Burned 10,046 acres
14th largest fire of 1996
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 10,045 acres

Community

  1. Idyllwild-Pine Cove 296 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. 1914 Unnamed fire 3,952 acres in total 831 acres shared
  2. 1919 Unnamed fire 678 acres in total 42 acres shared
  3. 1921 Unnamed fire 348 acres in total 146 acres shared
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire 18,433 acres in total 5,751 acres shared
  5. 1929 Unnamed fire 3,607 acres in total 75 acres shared
  6. 1943 Unnamed fire 10,110 acres in total 20 acres shared
  7. 1946 Unnamed fire 81 acres shared
  8. 1952 Unnamed fire 56 acres shared
  9. 1958 Indian Hill Fire 524 acres in total 478 acres shared
  10. 1974 Soboba Fire 19,220 acres in total 1,618 acres shared
  11. 1982 Unnamed fire 146 acres shared
  12. 1988 Unnamed fire 142 acres shared
  13. 1989 Unnamed fire 41 acres in total 26 acres shared
  14. 1992 Unnamed fire 72 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2002 Bee Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 396 acres shared
  2. 2006 Esperanza Fire 40,177 acres in total · Cause: Arson 43 acres shared
  3. 2009 Cottonwood Fire 2,411 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,107 acres shared
  4. 2012 Creek Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 66 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Bee #2 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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