Willow Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino County, August 1999

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5470/willow-fire-1999

Key facts

Started August 28, 1999
Contained September 20, 1999, after 23 days
Burned 63,508 acres
3rd largest fire of 1999 and 100th largest in California's records
Cause Campfire
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Bernardino County 63,355 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. 1919 Unnamed fire 601 acres shared
  2. 1940 Unnamed fire 10,596 acres in total 10,228 acres shared
  3. 1951 Little Bear Fire 3,852 acres in total 2,382 acres shared
  4. 1955 Deer Fire 2,363 acres shared
  5. 1959 Dry Canyon Fire 2,546 acres in total 2,441 acres shared
  6. 1967 Oak Springs Fire 415 acres shared
  7. 1975 Jeep Fire 712 acres shared
  8. 1976 Coyote Fire 5,520 acres in total · Cause: Arson 763 acres shared
  9. 1979 Millie Fire 7,560 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,275 acres shared
  10. 1980 Kiowa Fire 2,050 acres shared
  11. 1987 Jeep Fire 1,866 acres shared
  12. 1992 Unnamed fire 589 acres shared
  13. 1994 Devils Fire 12,962 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 11,069 acres shared
  14. 1994 Willow Fire 1,276 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,052 acres shared
  15. 1994 Rouse Fire 602 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 439 acres shared
  16. 1995 Rouse Fire Cause: Campfire 1,151 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2003 Old Fire 91,428 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,183 acres shared
  2. 2006 Pinnacles Fire 2,506 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,390 acres shared
  3. 2007 Butler #2 Fire 13,736 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 493 acres shared
  4. 2025 Ranch Fire 4,292 acres in total 2,308 acres shared

And 38 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Willow 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