Edna Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, October 1998

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5347/edna-fire-1998

Key facts

Started October 5, 1998
Contained Not recorded
Burned 28,136 acres
Largest fire of 1998
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 28,136 acres

Communities

  1. Beaumont 5,734 acres
  2. Banning 356 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. 1962 Unnamed fire 8,239 acres in total 6,972 acres shared
  2. 1962 Jackrabbit Fire 2,987 acres in total 2,580 acres shared
  3. 1965 Unnamed fire 997 acres shared
  4. 1967 Unnamed fire 25,623 acres in total 7,252 acres shared
  5. 1967 Kohler Fire 6,882 acres in total 5,878 acres shared
  6. 1968 Unnamed fire 15,982 acres in total 9,319 acres shared
  7. 1968 Ogden (Roadside #17) Fire 1,615 acres shared
  8. 1970 Virginia Fire 1,737 acres shared
  9. 1975 Unnamed fire 12,801 acres in total 5,941 acres shared
  10. 1975 Badlands Fire 1,711 acres shared
  11. 1988 Unnamed fire 1,897 acres shared
  12. 1996 Wolfskill Complex 12,638 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 3,571 acres shared
  13. 1997 State Fire 3,667 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 3,401 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2006 Esperanza Fire 40,177 acres in total · Cause: Arson 9,159 acres shared
  2. 2011 Gilman Fire 1,018 acres shared
  3. 2013 Silver Fire 20,309 acres in total 1,808 acres shared
  4. 2017 Manzanita Fire 6,304 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 3,933 acres shared
  5. 2020 Sanderson Fire 1,955 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 1,496 acres shared
  6. 2023 Rabbit Fire 8,355 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 8,071 acres shared
  7. 2025 Wolf Fire 2,414 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,280 acres shared

And 68 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Edna 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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