El Dorado Fire

Wildfire in San Bernardino County, September 2020

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8158/el-dorado-fire-2020

Key facts

Started September 5, 2020
Contained November 16, 2020, after 72 days
Burned 22,504 acres
26th largest fire of 2020
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 14 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. San Bernardino County 22,376 acres
  2. Riverside County 123 acres

Communities

  1. Oak Glen 4,882 acres
  2. Yucaipa 1,190 acres
  3. Cherry Valley 38 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 14
  2. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 2

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. 1915 Unnamed fire 53 acres in total 51 acres shared
  2. 1930 Unnamed fire 224 acres shared
  3. 1943 Unnamed fire 2,360 acres in total 1,220 acres shared
  4. 1948 Unnamed fire 225 acres in total 85 acres shared
  5. 1950 Unnamed fire 684 acres shared
  6. 1957 Unnamed fire 155 acres in total 147 acres shared
  7. 1958 Ford Fire 214 acres in total 195 acres shared
  8. 1958 Monkey Fire 513 acres in total 180 acres shared
  9. 1968 Unnamed fire 68 acres in total 66 acres shared
  10. 1973 Unnamed fire Cause: Arson 135 acres shared
  11. 1977 Mitchell Cyn. Fire 6,042 acres in total 4,667 acres shared
  12. 1988 Unnamed fire Cause: Playing with fire 630 acres shared
  13. 1992 Unnamed fire 241 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 159 acres shared
  14. 1995 Bluff Fire 2,461 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 828 acres shared
  15. 2006 Jefferson Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 81 acres shared
  16. 2008 Ridge Fire 263 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 221 acres shared
  17. 2015 Lake Fire 31,284 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 88 acres shared
  18. 2017 Bryant 2 Fire 337 acres in total · Cause: Arson 105 acres shared
  19. 2017 Oak Fire 326 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 54 acres shared
  20. 2018 Valley Fire 1,343 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 55 acres shared

And 10 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the El Dorado 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