Conejos Fire

Wildfire in San Diego County, August 1950

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/843/conejos-fire-1950

Key facts

Started August 16, 1950
Contained Not recorded
Burned 62,849 acres
Largest fire of 1950
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Diego County 62,847 acres

Communities

  1. Descanso 9,300 acres
  2. Alpine 4,997 acres
  3. Pine Valley 404 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.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1911 Unnamed fire 7,307 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 4,089 acres shared
  2. 1911 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 2,999 acres shared
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 6,164 acres in total 4,587 acres shared
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire 5,166 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 497 acres shared
  5. 1925 Unnamed fire 629 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 589 acres shared
  6. 1929 Unnamed fire 22,336 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 11,017 acres shared
  7. 1931 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 674 acres shared
  8. 1931 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 469 acres shared
  9. 1933 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,402 acres shared
  10. 1934 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 4,456 acres shared
  11. 1942 Unnamed fire 571 acres shared
  12. 1943 Unnamed fire 4,056 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 562 acres shared
  13. 1943 Unnamed fire 985 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 463 acres shared
  14. 1943 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 390 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1970 Boulder Fire 12,830 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,775 acres shared
  2. 1986 Capitan Fire 1,586 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 854 acres shared
  3. 1986 Peak Fire 1,022 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 938 acres shared
  4. 1995 El Monte Fire 8,564 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 2,920 acres shared
  5. 2003 Cedar Fire 270,686 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 60,148 acres shared
  6. 2007 Witch Fire 162,070 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,657 acres shared

And 33 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Conejos 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