Horse Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, July 2006

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6349/horse-fire-2006

Key facts

Started July 23, 2006
Contained July 29, 2006, after 6 days
Burned 16,678 acres
9th largest fire of 2006
Cause Campfire
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 16,678 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 Cause: Miscellaneous 288 acres shared
  2. 1915 Unnamed fire 157 acres in total 74 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 297 acres shared
  4. 1931 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 82 acres shared
  5. 1943 Unnamed fire 13,707 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9,147 acres shared
  6. 1943 Unnamed fire 5,983 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,472 acres shared
  7. 1950 Unnamed fire 258 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 172 acres shared
  8. 1950 Unnamed fire 124 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 87 acres shared
  9. 1951 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 53 acres shared
  10. 1953 Bronco Flats Fire 8,817 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,201 acres shared
  11. 1957 Unnamed fire 66 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 65 acres shared
  12. 1959 Unnamed fire 295 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 156 acres shared
  13. 1959 Outside Origin #18 Fire 790 acres in total 488 acres shared
  14. 1967 Pine Creek Fire Cause: Lightning 328 acres shared
  15. 1970 Laguna Fire 174,162 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 16,678 acres shared
  16. 1979 Hauser Fire 710 acres in total 679 acres shared
  17. 1984 Barrett Fire 134 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 106 acres shared
  18. 1997 Bronco Fire 68 acres shared
  19. 2005 Skye Fire 230 acres in total · Cause: Illegal campfire 47 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Valley Fire 16,390 acres in total 6,352 acres shared

And 6 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Horse 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