Wilson Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, August 2012

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7182/wilson-fire-2012

Key facts

Started August 13, 2012
Contained August 20, 2012, after 7 days
Burned 11,667 acres
13th largest fire of 2012
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 11,667 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. 1919 Unnamed fire 8,653 acres in total 7 acres shared
  2. 1980 Grapevine Canyon Fire 814 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 410 acres shared
  3. 1981 Montezuma Fire 411 acres in total · Cause: Arson 293 acres shared
  4. 1981 Culp Fire 47 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3 acres shared
  5. 1981 Culp Fire 1,113 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 31 acres shared
  6. 1993 Grade Fire 1,495 acres in total 8 acres shared
  7. 2002 Pines Fire 61,691 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 144 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2017 Wilson Fire 27 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 19 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Wilson 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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