Stewart Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, August 2012

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7180/stewart-fire-2012

Key facts

Started August 13, 2012
Contained August 20, 2012, after 7 days
Burned 10,630 acres
14th largest fire of 2012
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 10,629 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. 1943 Unnamed fire 8,626 acres in total 4 acres shared
  2. 1949 Unnamed fire 3,653 acres in total 317 acres shared
  3. 1980 Grapevine Canyon Fire 814 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 14 acres shared
  4. 1994 Grape Vine Fire 417 acres in total 262 acres shared
  5. 2002 Pines Fire 61,691 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 1 acre shared
  6. 2010 Felipe Fire Cause: Lightning 177 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2013 Felipe Fire 2,780 acres in total · Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 2 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Stewart 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