Wildfires of 1996

Rincon #21 Fire

1996CaliforniaWildfire

The Rincon #21 Fire burned 1,790 acres in California, in 1996. It was discovered on October 21, 1996. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
1,790 acres
Discovered
October 21, 1996
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.263, -116.953.

The record

Reported final size
1,790 acres
Discovered
October 21, 1996
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
California
Reporting unit
San Diego Unit
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
CDF_1996_55_2223_1508

Other large fires in California in 199612

FireAcresStartCause
Fifty-Eight Fire106,668Aug 15, 1996Human
Fork Fire83,323Aug 11, 1996Human
Wild Fire25,620Oct 7, 1996Human
Ambrose Complex (Damon-Long) Fire23,398Aug 26, 1996Natural
Rogge Fire22,080Aug 13, 1996Natural
Marple Fire22,000Aug 26, 1996Human
Skyline Fire19,839Apr 27, 1996Human
Unnamed Fire19,244May 28, 1996
Panoche II Fire18,340Apr 27, 1996Human
Mercy Fire16,820Jun 18, 1996Human
Otay 322 Fire14,720Oct 22, 1996Human
Calabasas Fire13,190Oct 21, 1996Human

Every fire of 1996 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.