Mountain Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, July 2013

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7254/mountain-fire-2013

Key facts

Started July 15, 2013
Contained July 30, 2013, after 15 days
Burned 27,524 acres
3rd largest fire of 2013
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 27,519 acres

Community

  1. Mountain Center 293 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. 1924 Unnamed fire 18,433 acres in total 4,844 acres shared
  2. 1926 Unnamed fire 152 acres in total 148 acres shared
  3. 1927 Unnamed fire 148 acres shared
  4. 1929 Unnamed fire 630 acres shared
  5. 1933 Unnamed fire 2,240 acres shared
  6. 1940 Unnamed fire 3,231 acres in total 2,085 acres shared
  7. 1941 Unnamed fire 1,405 acres in total 73 acres shared
  8. 1942 Unnamed fire 14,214 acres in total 6,276 acres shared
  9. 1943 Unnamed fire 10,110 acres in total 449 acres shared
  10. 1950 Unnamed fire 105 acres in total 46 acres shared
  11. 1971 Unnamed fire 144 acres in total 106 acres shared
  12. 1980 Dry Falls Fire 41,756 acres in total 15,752 acres shared
  13. 1981 Unnamed fire 435 acres in total 68 acres shared
  14. 1981 Unnamed fire Cause: Smoking 136 acres shared
  15. 1981 Center Fire 1,740 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 1,007 acres shared
  16. 1985 Usfs Assist Fire 174 acres in total 23 acres shared
  17. 1994 Palm Fire 19,422 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 362 acres shared
  18. 2008 Apache Fire Cause: Smoking 769 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2018 Cranston Fire 13,229 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,207 acres shared
  2. 2021 Bonita Fire 681 acres in total 548 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Mountain 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