Apple Fire

Wildfire in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, July 2020

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8093/apple-fire-2020

Key facts

Started July 31, 2020
Contained November 15, 2020, after 107 days
Burned 33,236 acres
20th largest fire of 2020
Cause Equipment use
Buildings 13 destroyed, 8 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Riverside County 20,440 acres
  2. San Bernardino County 12,787 acres

Communities

  1. Banning 2,458 acres
  2. Oak Glen 716 acres
  3. Cherry Valley 440 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 13
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 3
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 5

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. 1925 Unnamed fire 305 acres in total 250 acres shared
  2. 1929 Unnamed fire 2,574 acres in total 1,667 acres shared
  3. 1933 Unnamed fire 881 acres in total 870 acres shared
  4. 1943 Unnamed fire 2,360 acres in total 953 acres shared
  5. 1945 Unnamed fire 367 acres in total 267 acres shared
  6. 1945 Unnamed fire 188 acres shared
  7. 1949 Unnamed fire 141 acres shared
  8. 1950 Unnamed fire 248 acres shared
  9. 1951 Gaston Fire 14,205 acres in total 11,704 acres shared
  10. 1973 Morongo Fire 8,055 acres in total 3,782 acres shared
  11. 1979 Unnamed fire 690 acres in total 335 acres shared
  12. 1979 Burro/Mor 59 Fire 1,037 acres in total 823 acres shared
  13. 1982 Unnamed fire 173 acres shared
  14. 1993 Repplier Fire 5,994 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,295 acres shared
  15. 1995 Bluff Fire 2,461 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 1,482 acres shared
  16. 1996 Chisholm Fire 472 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 397 acres shared
  17. 2000 Black Ranch Fire 444 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 438 acres shared
  18. 2010 Potrero Fire 256 acres in total · Cause: Arson 229 acres shared
  19. 2013 Hathaway Fire 3,780 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 1,579 acres shared
  20. 2016 Bogart Fire 1,459 acres in total 1,264 acres shared

And 30 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Apple 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