Harris 2 Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, October 2007

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6550/harris-2-fire-2007

Key facts

Started October 21, 2007
Contained November 2, 2007, after 12 days
Burned 90,728 acres
3rd largest fire of 2007 and 58th largest in California's records
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 90,715 acres

Communities

  1. Potrero 1,738 acres
  2. Jamul 1,304 acres
  3. Chula Vista 716 acres
  4. Spring Valley 34 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 10,394 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,309 acres shared
  2. 1912 Unnamed fire 6,929 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,006 acres shared
  3. 1926 Unnamed fire 10,371 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,070 acres shared
  4. 1940 Unnamed fire 4,067 acres shared
  5. 1943 Unnamed fire 4,836 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,631 acres shared
  6. 1948 Unnamed fire 7,884 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,165 acres shared
  7. 1950 Wet Back Fire 3,955 acres in total 3,662 acres shared
  8. 1970 Laguna Fire 174,162 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 21,340 acres shared
  9. 1979 Unnamed fire 6,151 acres in total 4,498 acres shared
  10. 1980 Otay #6 Fire 3,314 acres in total 2,910 acres shared
  11. 1982 Dulzura Fire Cause: Debris burning 4,950 acres shared
  12. 1984 Proctor Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 3,031 acres shared
  13. 1985 Miller Fire 8,270 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,625 acres shared
  14. 1995 Sycamore Fire 9,433 acres in total 8,157 acres shared
  15. 1996 Honey Fire 3,388 acres in total 3,346 acres shared
  16. 1996 Otay #322 Fire 16,562 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 3,586 acres shared
  17. 2003 Mine/Otay Fire 44,734 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 25,670 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2016 Border 3 Fire 7,606 acres in total 2,689 acres shared
  2. 2022 Border 32 Fire 4,455 acres shared
  3. 2025 Border 2 Fire 6,630 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 4,639 acres shared

And 174 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Harris 2 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

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