Poomacha Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, October 2007

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6563/poomacha-fire-2007

Key facts

Started October 23, 2007
Contained December 1, 2007, after 39 days
Burned 49,411 acres
6th largest fire of 2007
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 49,405 acres

Community

  1. Valley Center 846 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 850 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 797 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 1,392 acres in total 1,156 acres shared
  3. 1919 Unnamed fire 1,677 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,058 acres shared
  4. 1919 Unnamed fire 2,611 acres in total 606 acres shared
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 3,408 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,187 acres shared
  6. 1927 Unnamed fire 2,899 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,226 acres shared
  7. 1931 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 717 acres shared
  8. 1934 Unnamed fire 2,753 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,440 acres shared
  9. 1947 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 2,143 acres shared
  10. 1955 Unnamed fire 950 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 850 acres shared
  11. 1956 Pine Mtn. Fire 7,782 acres in total 1,460 acres shared
  12. 1957 Canalape Flats Fire 968 acres in total 955 acres shared
  13. 1962 Lightning Fire Cause: Lightning 3,660 acres shared
  14. 1985 Rey Fire 1,474 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 462 acres shared
  15. 1987 Palomar Fire 15,582 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 13,729 acres shared
  16. 1988 Rodriguez Fire 462 acres shared
  17. 1989 Vail Fire 15,808 acres in total 2,459 acres shared
  18. 1996 Rincon Fire 1,984 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 979 acres shared
  19. 1999 La Jolla Fire 7,846 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 1,718 acres shared
  20. 2003 Paradise Fire 56,546 acres in total · Cause: Arson 15,196 acres shared

And 37 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Poomacha 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