Santiago Fire

Wildfire in Orange County, October 2007

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6553/santiago-fire-2007

Key facts

Started October 21, 2007
Contained November 8, 2007, after 18 days
Burned 28,430 acres
9th largest fire of 2007
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Orange County 28,426 acres

Communities

  1. Irvine 5,632 acres
  2. Lake Forest 1,880 acres
  3. Modjeska 1,282 acres
  4. Trabuco Canyon 898 acres
  5. Williams Canyon 263 acres
  6. Silverado 169 acres
  7. Orange 23 acres
  8. Tustin 5 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 3,921 acres shared
  2. 1919 Unnamed fire 2,225 acres in total 160 acres shared
  3. 1926 Unnamed fire 9,935 acres in total 8,102 acres shared
  4. 1931 Unnamed fire 7,739 acres shared
  5. 1942 Unnamed fire 191 acres shared
  6. 1948 Green River Fire 53,080 acres in total 11,764 acres shared
  7. 1957 Shoestring Fire 437 acres shared
  8. 1967 Paseo Grande Fire 51,077 acres in total 11,173 acres shared
  9. 1975 Grundy #3 Fire 1,506 acres in total 788 acres shared
  10. 1980 Indian Fire 28,940 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 532 acres shared
  11. 1982 Gypsum Fire 20,142 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 143 acres shared
  12. 1984 Loma Ridge Fire 1,435 acres in total 1,355 acres shared
  13. 1984 Modjeska Fire 1,016 acres shared
  14. 1994 Live Oak Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 160 acres shared
  15. 1997 Santiago Fire 338 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 332 acres shared
  16. 1997 Baker Fire 6,320 acres in total 1,484 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2015 241 Fire 214 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 91 acres shared
  2. 2018 Santiago Fire 155 acres shared
  3. 2020 Silverado Fire 12,469 acres in total 12,253 acres shared
  4. 2020 Bond Fire 6,681 acres in total 4,356 acres shared

And 9 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Santiago 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