Wildfires of 1992

State Fire

1992CaliforniaWildfire

The State Fire burned 1,080 acres in California, in 1992. It was discovered on September 27, 1992. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,080 acres
Discovered
September 27, 1992
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.808, -117.492.

The record

Reported final size
1,080 acres
Discovered
September 27, 1992
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
California
Reporting unit
Riverside Unit
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
CDF_1992_55_2225_1535

Other large fires in California in 199212

FireAcresStartCause
Fountain Fire64,000Aug 20, 1992Human
Cleveland Fire24,580Sep 29, 1992Human
Gulch Fire18,000Aug 16, 1992Human
Unnamed Fire10,234Aug 21, 1992
Rainbow Fire8,800Aug 20, 1992Natural
Moccasin Fire8,000Aug 1, 1992Human
Middle Ridge Fire7,530Aug 22, 1992Human
Villa Fire6,700Sep 25, 1992Human
Burton Fire6,140Sep 25, 1992Human
Unnamed Fire5,337Aug 3, 1992
Barker Fire5,050Aug 20, 1992Human
La Paloma Fire4,800Aug 7, 1992Human

Every fire of 1992 California fire history

Nearby

Sources

Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.