Cranston Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, July 2018

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7844/cranston-fire-2018

Key facts

Started July 25, 2018
Contained December 15, 2018, after 143 days
Burned 13,229 acres
18th largest fire of 2018
Cause Arson
Buildings 12 destroyed, 5 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 13,229 acres

Communities

  1. Idyllwild-Pine Cove 1,858 acres
  2. Mountain Center 1,071 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 12
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 1
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 1
  4. Affected Up to 10% damaged 3

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 859 acres in total 2 acres shared
  2. 1924 Unnamed fire 18,433 acres in total 3,181 acres shared
  3. 1926 Unnamed fire 152 acres in total 125 acres shared
  4. 1941 Unnamed fire 1,405 acres in total 1,298 acres shared
  5. 1943 Unnamed fire 10,110 acres in total 4,448 acres shared
  6. 1950 Unnamed fire 105 acres shared
  7. 1971 Unnamed fire 144 acres in total 139 acres shared
  8. 1972 Unnamed fire Cause: Arson 224 acres shared
  9. 1975 Unnamed fire 634 acres shared
  10. 1980 Dry Falls Fire 41,756 acres in total 358 acres shared
  11. 1981 Center Fire 1,740 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 754 acres shared
  12. 1988 Unnamed fire 256 acres shared
  13. 1993 Unnamed fire 132 acres shared
  14. 1999 Mixing Fire 3,264 acres in total · Cause: Arson 468 acres shared
  15. 2001 Dry Fire 21 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 20 acres shared
  16. 2013 Mountain Fire 27,524 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,207 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2021 Bonita Fire 681 acres in total 517 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Cranston 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