2026 San Diego County, California Wildfires

1 Active Fires

138 Acres Burning

27 2026 Season Fires ▲ +7 (+35%) vs same period last year

7,847 2026 Season Acres ▼ -397 (-5%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in San Diego County

Aug 19 Started 93 acres 72 football fields Dehesa 7 Fire

Aug 17 Started 132 acres 102 football fields Church 2 Fire

Aug 16 Started 138 acres 106 football fields Sorrento Fire

Aug 7 Started 20 acres 15 football fields Beaver Fire

Jul 31 Started 689 acres Slightly smaller than Central Park Grade Fire

Jul 22 Started 347 acres 267 football fields Creelman Fire

Largest wildfires in San Diego County this season

2,525 Acres 3.0x the size of Central Park Border 6 Fire Villa del Campo

1,377 Acres Slightly larger than Lincoln Park Mateo Fire San Clemente

1,065 Acres Slightly smaller than Lincoln Park Pipeline Fire Camp Pendleton South

820 Acres About the size of Central Park Tusil Fire Campo

689 Acres Slightly smaller than Central Park Grade Fire Aguanga

560 Acres 66% the size of Central Park 431 football fields November Fire Camp Pendleton South

All 2026 San Diego County Fires · 27 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in San Diego County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in San Diego County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into San Diego County is listed too, at its San Diego County acres, and is not added to the San Diego County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so San Diego County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire	Start date	Containment	Status	Acres	Center	Ignition point
Border 6 Fire	Jun 1, 2026	100%	Inactive	1,508 of 2,525	32.5703, -116.7448	—
Mateo Fire	Jun 15, 2026	100%	Inactive	1,377	33.4631, -117.4761	33.4313, -117.5195
Pipeline Fire	Jul 6, 2026	100%	Inactive	1,065	33.2815, -117.4001	—
Tusil Fire	May 19, 2026	100%	Inactive	820	32.7229, -116.3766	—
Grade Fire	Jul 31, 2026	100%	Inactive	689	33.2636, -116.7438	—
November Fire	Jun 10, 2026	100%	Inactive	560	33.2514, -117.3431	—
Range Fire	Jun 30, 2026	80%	Inactive	429	33.3915, -117.3619	—
Rifle Fire	Jun 30, 2026	—	Inactive	402	33.4000, -117.3510	—
Creelman Fire	Jul 22, 2026	100%	Inactive	347	33.0133, -116.8337	—
Sorrento Fire	Aug 16, 2026	95%	Active	138	32.9190, -117.1980	—
Church 2 Fire	Aug 17, 2026	100%	Inactive	132	32.6793, -116.3473	—
Dehesa 7 Fire	Aug 19, 2026	100%	Inactive	93	32.8127, -116.8193	—
Sorrento Fire	Jun 8, 2026	100%	Inactive	90	32.9199, -117.1957	—
Thorn Fire	Jul 15, 2026	—	Inactive	30	32.6935, -116.2985	32.6911, -116.3329
Rainbow 3 Fire	Jul 22, 2026	100%	Inactive	26	33.3760, -117.1160	—
Harvest Fire	May 8, 2026	100%	Inactive	25	32.5790, -116.9450	—
Echo Fire	Jun 20, 2026	100%	Inactive	24	32.6920, -116.9010	—
Beaver Fire	Aug 7, 2026	100%	Inactive	20	32.7361, -116.8276	—
Mission Fire	May 2, 2026	100%	Inactive	20	33.3490, -117.1824	—
Lonestar 2 Fire	Jun 27, 2026	100%	Inactive	15	32.5790, -116.9520	—
Cougar Fire	Jul 5, 2026	50%	Inactive	10	33.2070, -117.0860	—
Mcp 13 Fire	Jul 2, 2026	—	Inactive	10	33.3620, -117.4110	—
Junction Fire	Jun 29, 2026	100%	Inactive	8	33.1863, -116.6967	—
Landmark Fire	May 1, 2026	100%	Inactive	5	33.2280, -116.5240	—
Airport Fire	Jun 8, 2026	—	Inactive	3	33.2164, -117.3685	—
Corral Fire	May 8, 2026	—	Inactive	1	32.7120, -116.5027	32.7130, -116.5036
Daily Fire	Jul 4, 2026	—	Inactive	0	33.4503, -117.2821	—
Totals	2026 Season Fires 27	Active Fires 1	Acres Burning 138	2026 Season Acres 7,847