Blue Cut Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino County, August 2016

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7553/blue-cut-fire-2016

Key facts

Started August 16, 2016
Contained August 26, 2016, after 10 days
Burned 36,267 acres
5th largest fire of 2016
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Bernardino County 36,185 acres

Communities

  1. Phelan 944 acres
  2. Oak Hills 775 acres
  3. Lytle Creek 577 acres
  4. Hesperia 137 acres
  5. Wrightwood 19 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 1,490 acres in total 1,398 acres shared
  2. 1924 Unnamed fire 1,013 acres shared
  3. 1928 Unnamed fire 13,173 acres in total 4,361 acres shared
  4. 1940 Unnamed fire 9,038 acres in total 7,910 acres shared
  5. 1949 Unnamed fire 7,024 acres in total 1,145 acres shared
  6. 1959 Sand Stone Fire 12,061 acres in total 5,481 acres shared
  7. 1960 Outside Origin #1 Fire 7,338 acres in total 4,443 acres shared
  8. 1961 Grass Fire 778 acres shared
  9. 1962 Brook Fire 1,778 acres in total 1,746 acres shared
  10. 1964 Cozy Dell Fire 19,218 acres in total 5,977 acres shared
  11. 1968 Middle Fork Fire 6,468 acres in total 4,201 acres shared
  12. 1979 Unnamed fire 2,248 acres shared
  13. 1984 Lytle Fire 2,431 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,253 acres shared
  14. 1995 Crowder Fire 1,063 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 975 acres shared
  15. 1999 Elloit Fire 2,465 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,009 acres shared
  16. 1999 Turtle Fire 3,396 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 1,909 acres shared
  17. 2002 Blue Cut Fire 6,821 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,183 acres shared
  18. 2002 Louisiana Fire 6,564 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 5,187 acres shared
  19. 2004 Runway Fire 1,194 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,014 acres shared
  20. 2009 Sheep Fire 7,238 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,588 acres shared

And 114 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Blue Cut 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