Padua Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, October 2003

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5996/padua-fire-2003

Key facts

Started October 25, 2003
Contained November 3, 2003, after 9 days
Burned 10,458 acres
12th largest fire of 2003
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Los Angeles County 7,418 acres
  2. San Bernardino County 3,041 acres

Communities

  1. Claremont 3,349 acres
  2. San Antonio Heights 244 acres
  3. Upland 37 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 1,646 acres in total 438 acres shared
  2. 1911 Unnamed fire 349 acres in total 282 acres shared
  3. 1911 Unnamed fire 267 acres shared
  4. 1914 Unnamed fire 1,711 acres in total 1,482 acres shared
  5. 1914 Unnamed fire 293 acres in total 279 acres shared
  6. 1927 Unnamed fire 254 acres shared
  7. 1927 Webb School No. 26 Fire 855 acres in total 697 acres shared
  8. 1935 San Antonio Canyon Fire 586 acres in total 361 acres shared
  9. 1938 San Antonio Cyn Fire 3,322 acres in total 1,330 acres shared
  10. 1953 Unnamed fire 2,258 acres in total 260 acres shared
  11. 1953 Barrett Fire 6,868 acres in total 4,212 acres shared
  12. 1962 Unnamed fire 2,017 acres in total 1,941 acres shared
  13. 1970 Unnamed fire 37,472 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,310 acres shared
  14. 1975 Village Fire 14,247 acres in total 2,232 acres shared
  15. 1979 Millie Fire 1,988 acres shared
  16. 1980 Thunder Fire 10,009 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,734 acres shared
  17. 1990 Webb Ii Fire 340 acres in total 334 acres shared
  18. 1999 Shinn Fire 353 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 349 acres shared
  19. 2002 Williams Fire 38,119 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,218 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2024 Bridge Fire 55,724 acres in total 313 acres shared

And 39 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Padua 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