Fairview Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, September 2022

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8353/fairview-fire-2022

Key facts

Started September 6, 2022
Contained September 30, 2022, after 24 days
Burned 28,098 acres
4th largest fire of 2022
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 37 destroyed, 8 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 28,097 acres

Communities

  1. Sage 1,923 acres
  2. Valle Vista 158 acres
  3. Hemet 8 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 37
  2. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 1
  3. Affected Up to 10% damaged 7

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 753 acres in total 472 acres shared
  2. 1916 Unnamed fire 417 acres in total 353 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 2,294 acres in total 1,800 acres shared
  4. 1923 Unnamed fire 1,174 acres in total 708 acres shared
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 17,174 acres in total 4,633 acres shared
  6. 1928 Unnamed fire 60,175 acres in total 10,102 acres shared
  7. 1929 Unnamed fire 3,607 acres in total 1,853 acres shared
  8. 1929 Unnamed fire 279 acres shared
  9. 1953 Unnamed fire 332 acres in total 279 acres shared
  10. 1958 Miller Fire 1,245 acres in total 1,163 acres shared
  11. 1969 Unnamed fire 394 acres in total 277 acres shared
  12. 1977 Unnamed fire 266 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 225 acres shared
  13. 1979 Bautista Fire 971 acres in total 741 acres shared
  14. 1992 Cactus Fire 1,109 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 572 acres shared
  15. 1994 Unnamed fire 744 acres in total 460 acres shared
  16. 1994 Fairview Fire 1,741 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,371 acres shared
  17. 2001 Canyon Fire Cause: Arson 263 acres shared
  18. 2004 Citrus Fire 683 acres in total 361 acres shared
  19. 2006 Oak 2 Fire Cause: Lightning 283 acres shared
  20. 2010 Cactus Fire 706 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 555 acres shared

And 28 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Fairview 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