Mine/Otay Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, October 2003

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5998/mineotay-fire-2003

Key facts

Started October 26, 2003
Contained October 30, 2003, after 4 days
Burned 44,734 acres
7th largest fire of 2003
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 44,680 acres

Communities

  1. Jamul 12 acres
  2. San Diego 11 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 1,986 acres shared
  2. 1910 Unnamed fire 845 acres shared
  3. 1968 Proctor Fire 2,385 acres shared
  4. 1976 Honey Fire 1,656 acres in total 1,313 acres shared
  5. 1979 Unnamed fire 6,150 acres shared
  6. 1979 Otay #5 Fire 1,299 acres in total 1,279 acres shared
  7. 1980 Otay #6 Fire 3,314 acres shared
  8. 1980 Proctor Fire 2,299 acres shared
  9. 1982 Otay #9 Fire 800 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 733 acres shared
  10. 1984 Proctor Fire 3,032 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,970 acres shared
  11. 1985 Miller Fire 8,270 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 932 acres shared
  12. 1986 Mine Fire Cause: Arson 962 acres shared
  13. 1994 Otay #4 Fire 2,983 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 2,102 acres shared
  14. 1995 Sycamore Fire 9,433 acres in total 1,665 acres shared
  15. 1996 Otay #28 Fire Cause: Equipment use 810 acres shared
  16. 1996 Otay #121 Fire Cause: Campfire 703 acres shared
  17. 1996 Otay #322 Fire 16,562 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 13,097 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2007 Harris 2 Fire 90,728 acres in total 25,670 acres shared
  2. 2017 Gate Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,912 acres shared
  3. 2025 Border 2 Fire Cause: Debris burning 6,575 acres shared

And 109 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Mine/Otay 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