Viejas Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, January 2001

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5604/viejas-fire-2001

Key facts

Started January 3, 2001
Contained January 9, 2001, after 6 days
Burned 10,438 acres
7th largest fire of 2001
Cause Smoking
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 10,438 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. 1911 Unnamed fire 7,307 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,638 acres shared
  2. 1912 Unnamed fire 438 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 162 acres shared
  3. 1915 Unnamed fire 4,836 acres in total 90 acres shared
  4. 1918 Unnamed fire 75 acres shared
  5. 1921 Unnamed fire 440 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 320 acres shared
  6. 1924 Unnamed fire 5,166 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,705 acres shared
  7. 1942 Unnamed fire 716 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 332 acres shared
  8. 1943 Unnamed fire 3,911 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,548 acres shared
  9. 1943 Unnamed fire 985 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 517 acres shared
  10. 1948 Unnamed fire 448 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 157 acres shared
  11. 1950 Sequan #1 Fire 417 acres in total 67 acres shared
  12. 1956 Unnamed fire 97 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 70 acres shared
  13. 1960 Unnamed fire 155 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 123 acres shared
  14. 1968 Unnamed fire 877 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 747 acres shared
  15. 1969 Unnamed fire 669 acres in total 565 acres shared
  16. 1970 Laguna Fire 174,162 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 10,080 acres shared
  17. 1992 Loveland Fire 2,081 acres in total 534 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2003 Cedar Fire 270,686 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 203 acres shared
  2. 2019 Dehesa 11 Fire 226 acres shared
  3. 2020 Valley Fire 16,390 acres in total 365 acres shared

And 8 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Viejas 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