Border 95 Fire
The Border 95 Fire burned 1,000 acres in San Diego County, California, in 1999. It was discovered on October 8, 1999, and contained on October 12, 1999. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- October 8, 1999
- Contained
- October 12, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 32.597, -116.428.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- October 8, 1999, 12:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 12, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- California
- County
- San Diego County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- California Desert District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-561276
Other large fires in California in 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megram- Orleans Fire | 124,898 | Aug 23, 1999 | Natural |
| Willow Fire | 65,000 | Aug 28, 1999 | Human |
| Gun 2 Fire | 60,390 | Sep 28, 1999 | Human |
| Kirk Complex (Hare) Fire | 49,551 | Sep 13, 1999 | Natural |
| Sixteen Fire | 40,000 | Oct 16, 1999 | Human |
| Mhrd Complex (Bucks) Fire | 34,175 | Aug 23, 1999 | Natural |
| Pine Fire | 30,568 | Aug 22, 1999 | Natural |
| Jones Fire | 26,202 | Oct 16, 1999 | Human |
| Kirk Complex (Five) Fire | 23,761 | Sep 8, 1999 | Natural |
| Tehama-Glenn Complex (Dehaven Gulch) Fire | 17,000 | Aug 23, 1999 | Human |
| Big Bar Complex (Onion) Fire | 16,732 | Aug 23, 1999 | |
| Spanish Fire | 14,537 | Jul 18, 1999 | Human |
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.