Eagle Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, July 2011

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7020/eagle-fire-2011

Key facts

Started July 21, 2011
Contained July 29, 2011, after 8 days
Burned 13,993 acres
5th largest fire of 2011
Cause Arson
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 13,984 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 1,602 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3 acres shared
  2. 1939 Unnamed fire 10,731 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,792 acres shared
  3. 1947 Unnamed fire 55 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 54 acres shared
  4. 1949 Unnamed fire 354 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 73 acres shared
  5. 1951 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 246 acres shared
  6. 1954 San Ysidro Fire 6,960 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,344 acres shared
  7. 1964 Unnamed fire 1,963 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 293 acres shared
  8. 1975 San Ysidro Fire 10,642 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 56 acres shared
  9. 1976 Lost Fire 2,410 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,571 acres shared
  10. 1978 Coyote Fire 329 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3 acres shared
  11. 1980 Salvador Fire 2,701 acres in total 26 acres shared
  12. 1980 Collins Valley Fire 5,998 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 538 acres shared
  13. 1985 Palm Fire Cause: Campfire 82 acres shared
  14. 2002 Palm#1 Fire 95 acres in total 54 acres shared
  15. 2002 Pines Fire 61,691 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 7,006 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Eagle 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