Sandalwood Fire

Wildfire in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, October 2019

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7996/sandalwood-fire-2019

Key facts

Started October 10, 2019
Contained October 14, 2019, after 4 days
Burned 1,008 acres
30th largest fire of 2019
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 73 destroyed, 16 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Riverside County 880 acres
  2. San Bernardino County 128 acres

Communities

  1. Calimesa 880 acres
  2. Yucaipa 128 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 73
  2. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 6
  3. Affected Up to 10% damaged 10

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. 1970 Casco #2 Fire 6,234 acres in total 784 acres shared
  2. 1979 Live Oak Fire 182 acres in total 5 acres shared
  3. 1997 Calimesa Fire 423 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 153 acres shared
  4. 2013 Live Oak Fire 73 acres in total 49 acres shared
  5. 2017 Palmer Fire 3,872 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 366 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sandalwood 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