Sierra Fire

Wildfire in Orange County, February 2006

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6260/sierra-fire-2006

Key facts

Started February 6, 2006
Contained February 22, 2006, after 16 days
Burned 10,592 acres
16th largest fire of 2006
Cause Escaped prescribed burn
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Orange County 10,512 acres
  2. Riverside County 77 acres

Community

  1. Anaheim 1,756 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. 1914 Unnamed fire 18,755 acres in total 4,577 acres shared
  2. 1929 Unnamed fire 1,085 acres in total 436 acres shared
  3. 1948 Green River Fire 53,080 acres in total 10,569 acres shared
  4. 1967 Paseo Grande Fire 51,077 acres in total 10,588 acres shared
  5. 1979 Paseo Fire 3,644 acres in total 26 acres shared
  6. 1982 Gypsum Fire 20,142 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,587 acres shared
  7. 1997 Baker Fire 6,320 acres in total 489 acres shared
  8. 2002 Green Fire 2,234 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 1,642 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2007 241 Incident Fire 1,618 acres in total · Cause: Arson 13 acres shared
  2. 2007 Freemont/Irvine Lake Fire Cause: Aircraft 9 acres shared
  3. 2008 Freeway Fire 30,305 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 70 acres shared
  4. 2017 Canyon I Fire 2,661 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 161 acres shared
  5. 2017 Canyon Ii Fire 9,198 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 2,154 acres shared
  6. 2020 Windy Ridge Fire 2 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sierra 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