Holy Fire

Wildfire in Riverside and Orange counties, August 2018

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7864/holy-fire-2018

Key facts

Started August 6, 2018
Contained October 17, 2018, after 72 days
Burned 23,025 acres
14th largest fire of 2018
Cause Miscellaneous
Buildings 24 destroyed, 18 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Riverside County 15,544 acres
  2. Orange County 7,484 acres

Communities

  1. Temescal Valley 1,541 acres
  2. Lake Elsinore 1,284 acres
  3. Lakeland Village 1,193 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 24
  2. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 1
  3. Affected Up to 10% damaged 17

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. 1913 Unnamed fire 449 acres in total 254 acres shared
  2. 1913 Unnamed fire 205 acres shared
  3. 1915 Unnamed fire 722 acres in total 677 acres shared
  4. 1915 Unnamed fire 144 acres shared
  5. 1923 Unnamed fire 2,150 acres in total 1,131 acres shared
  6. 1925 Unnamed fire 8,650 acres in total 314 acres shared
  7. 1938 Unnamed fire 559 acres in total 422 acres shared
  8. 1942 Unnamed fire 985 acres shared
  9. 1942 Wright Cyn Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 882 acres shared
  10. 1954 Jameson Fire 7,881 acres in total 6,071 acres shared
  11. 1956 Cornwell Fire 3,173 acres in total 2,697 acres shared
  12. 1959 Decker Fire 1,485 acres in total 180 acres shared
  13. 1966 Indian Fire 1,403 acres shared
  14. 1968 Unnamed fire 688 acres shared
  15. 1968 Cow Fire 536 acres in total 409 acres shared
  16. 1980 Indian Fire 28,940 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7,946 acres shared
  17. 1985 Horse Fire 760 acres shared
  18. 1987 Silverado Fire 7,693 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,756 acres shared
  19. 1988 Horsethief Ii Fire 135 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 133 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2024 Airport Fire 23,526 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 3,751 acres shared

And 13 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Holy 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