Otay #322 Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, October 1996

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5162/otay-322-fire-1996

Key facts

Started October 22, 1996
Contained Not recorded
Burned 16,562 acres
10th largest fire of 1996
Cause Campfire
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 13,931 acres

Community

  1. San Diego 9 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. 1910 Unnamed fire 845 acres shared
  2. 1919 Unnamed fire 8,653 acres in total 641 acres shared
  3. 1938 Unnamed fire 391 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 195 acres shared
  4. 1979 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 131 acres shared
  5. 1979 Otay #5 Fire 1,298 acres shared
  6. 1981 Otay #4 Fire 372 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 173 acres shared
  7. 1982 Otay #9 Fire Cause: Equipment use 800 acres shared
  8. 1982 Outside Origin #6 Fire 330 acres shared
  9. 1985 Otay #12 Fire 187 acres shared
  10. 1993 Otay Fire 642 acres shared
  11. 1994 Otay #4 Fire 2,983 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 1,861 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2003 Mine/Otay Fire 44,734 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 13,097 acres shared
  2. 2005 Border#44 Fire Cause: Illegal campfire 340 acres shared
  3. 2007 Harris 2 Fire 90,728 acres in total 3,586 acres shared
  4. 2013 Border2 Fire 324 acres shared
  5. 2019 Copper Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 369 acres shared
  6. 2023 Border 13 Fire 18 acres shared
  7. 2024 Border 58 Fire 136 acres shared
  8. 2024 Border 59 Fire 260 acres shared
  9. 2025 Border 2 Fire 6,630 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 3,960 acres shared

And 47 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Otay #322 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