Bond Fire

Wildfire in Orange County, December 2020

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8184/bond-fire-2020

Key facts

Started December 3, 2020
Contained December 7, 2020, after 4 days
Burned 6,681 acres
40th largest fire of 2020
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 31 destroyed, 21 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Orange County 6,680 acres

Communities

  1. Silverado 852 acres
  2. Modjeska 409 acres
  3. Williams Canyon 362 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 31
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 3
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 1
  4. 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. 1914 Unnamed fire 18,755 acres in total 2,416 acres shared
  2. 1926 Unnamed fire 9,935 acres in total 599 acres shared
  3. 1931 Unnamed fire 7,760 acres in total 1,337 acres shared
  4. 1942 Unnamed fire 191 acres in total 94 acres shared
  5. 1948 Green River Fire 53,080 acres in total 2,575 acres shared
  6. 1957 Shoestring Fire 437 acres in total 417 acres shared
  7. 1967 Paseo Grande Fire 51,077 acres in total 2,140 acres shared
  8. 1975 Grundy #3 Fire 1,506 acres in total 1,239 acres shared
  9. 1984 Modjeska Fire 1,018 acres in total 763 acres shared
  10. 1997 Baker Fire 6,320 acres in total 1,788 acres shared
  11. 2004 Santiago Fire Cause: Vehicle 12 acres shared
  12. 2007 Santiago Fire 28,430 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,356 acres shared
  13. 2015 241 Fire 214 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 80 acres shared
  14. 2018 Santiago Fire 155 acres in total 141 acres shared
  15. 2019 Williams Fire 2 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Bond 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