Silver Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, August 2013

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7268/silver-fire-2013

Key facts

Started August 7, 2013
Contained August 13, 2013, after 6 days
Burned 20,309 acres
8th largest fire of 2013
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 52 destroyed, 0 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 20,306 acres

Communities

  1. Banning 55 acres
  2. Cabazon 36 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.

Buildings damaged

  1. Destroyed Over 50% damaged 52

Buildings CAL FIRE inspected after the fire, by how badly each was damaged. Inspectors record homes, businesses and outbuildings within 100 meters of the fire, and cannot always reach every one, so the counts can differ slightly from other reports.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1911 Unnamed fire 7,250 acres in total 4,359 acres shared
  2. 1926 Unnamed fire 1,521 acres in total 1,459 acres shared
  3. 1966 Morongo #7 Fire 2,872 acres in total 2,738 acres shared
  4. 1967 Unnamed fire 25,623 acres in total 8,191 acres shared
  5. 1968 Poppet Fire 6,172 acres in total 3,568 acres shared
  6. 1973 Unnamed fire 2,741 acres in total 2,010 acres shared
  7. 1973 One Horse Fire 9,120 acres in total 2,335 acres shared
  8. 1977 Cabazon Fire 2,820 acres shared
  9. 1982 Unnamed fire 6,153 acres in total 2,188 acres shared
  10. 1983 Banning Fire 2,672 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,001 acres shared
  11. 1983 Banning Fire 3,137 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,508 acres shared
  12. 1985 Cabanzo Fire 20,971 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,846 acres shared
  13. 1989 Unnamed fire 4,579 acres in total 3,750 acres shared
  14. 1994 Unnamed fire 2,088 acres in total 1,453 acres shared
  15. 1994 Esperanza Fire 1,844 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,714 acres shared
  16. 1996 Wolfskill Complex 12,638 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 1,314 acres shared
  17. 1997 Poppet Fire Cause: Arson 1,456 acres shared
  18. 1998 Edna Fire 28,136 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,808 acres shared
  19. 2006 Esperanza Fire 40,177 acres in total · Cause: Arson 14,398 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2025 Wolf Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 2,399 acres shared

And 87 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Silver 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