Rushmore Fire
The Rushmore Fire burned 1,000 acres in Riverside County, California, in 2012. It was discovered on August 4, 2012.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2012
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.934, -116.720.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2012, 4:40 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- California
- County
- Riverside County
- Reporting unit
- Riverside Unit
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012CACDFRRU076402
Other large fires in California in 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Fire | 315,579 | Aug 12, 2012 | Natural |
| Chips Fire | 75,431 | Jul 29, 2012 | Human |
| Lost Fire | 61,298 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Bagley Fire | 46,011 | Aug 18, 2012 | Natural |
| North Pass Fire | 41,983 | Aug 18, 2012 | Natural |
| Mill Fire | 29,502 | Jul 7, 2012 | Human |
| Reading Fire | 28,079 | Jul 23, 2012 | Natural |
| Ponderosa Fire | 27,676 | Aug 18, 2012 | Natural |
| Fort Complex | 22,283 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Sixteen Complex | 17,944 | Sep 4, 2012 | Human |
| Indian Fire | 12,575 | Aug 8, 2012 | Natural |
| Wilson Fire | 12,043 | Aug 13, 2012 |
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.