Wolfskill Complex

Wildfire in Riverside County, August 1996

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5106/wolfskill-complex-1996

Key facts

Started August 12, 1996
Contained Not recorded
Burned 12,638 acres
11th largest fire of 1996
Cause Smoking
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 12,638 acres

Community

  1. Beaumont 4,862 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. 1932 Unnamed fire 10,748 acres in total 2,374 acres shared
  2. 1956 Potrero Fire 515 acres shared
  3. 1958 Massacre Fire 689 acres in total 499 acres shared
  4. 1967 Unnamed fire 25,623 acres in total 8,301 acres shared
  5. 1967 Kohler Fire 6,882 acres in total 2,888 acres shared
  6. 1968 Unnamed fire 15,982 acres in total 3,551 acres shared
  7. 1968 Unnamed fire 878 acres in total 490 acres shared
  8. 1979 Unnamed fire 467 acres in total 462 acres shared
  9. 1979 North Fire 2,697 acres in total 405 acres shared
  10. 1980 Blue Fire 971 acres in total 757 acres shared
  11. 1980 Lambs Fire 499 acres shared
  12. 1987 Reche Fire 863 acres shared
  13. 1988 Gilman Fire 1,483 acres in total 443 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1998 Edna Fire 28,136 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,571 acres shared
  2. 2005 Soboba Fire 2,076 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 652 acres shared
  3. 2006 Esperanza Fire 40,177 acres in total · Cause: Arson 8,793 acres shared
  4. 2009 Lamb Fire 288 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 282 acres shared
  5. 2012 Highland Fire 2,177 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,869 acres shared
  6. 2013 Silver Fire 20,309 acres in total 1,314 acres shared
  7. 2017 Manzanita Fire 6,304 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 3,843 acres shared

And 18 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Wolfskill Complex, 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