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Acres by cover type Acres in San Diego County % of burned % of San Diego County
Forest 169 2.0% 9.1%
Range (shrubland) 6,486 77.3% 54.4%
Grassland 1,467 17.5% 6.9%
Other 268 3.2% 29.5%
Measured acres in San Diego County 8,390 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in San Diego County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Border 6 Fire 2,525 1,505 (of 2,522) 19 1,243 182 61 0
Mateo Fire 1,377 1,335 42 1,228 9 56 0
Thorn Fire 1,234 1,224 1 1,027 133 62 0
Pipeline Fire 1,065 1,066 3 873 177 14 0
Tusil Fire 820 819 8 788 2 23 0
Grade Fire 689 689 65 277 317 30 0
November Fire 560 561 1 198 354 8 0
Range Fire 429 427 12 305 106 4 0
Creelman Fire 347 348 4 231 113 0 0
Church 2 Fire 132 133 0 130 0 3 0
Sorrento Fire 90 130 8 51 71 0 0
Dehesa 7 Fire 93 94 1 94 0 0 0
Mission Fire 20 20 1 11 4 5 0
Beaver Fire 20 20 4 15 0 1 0
Junction Fire 8 9 0 8 0 0 0
Corral Fire 1 6 0 6 0 0 0
Airport Fire 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
Daily Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egger Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Rifle Fire 402 — Awaiting a perimeter
Sorrento Fire 138 — Awaiting a perimeter
Rainbow 3 Fire 26 — Awaiting a perimeter
Harvest Fire 25 — Awaiting a perimeter
Echo Fire 24 — Awaiting a perimeter
Lonestar 2 Fire 15 — Awaiting a perimeter
Mcp 13 Fire 10 — Awaiting a perimeter
Cougar Fire 10 — Awaiting a perimeter
Landmark Fire 5 — Awaiting a perimeter
Streamview Fire 1 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 29 10,070
Offered to measurement 29 10,070
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 19 9,414
Awaiting a perimeter 10 656
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside San Diego County 0 0
Measured acres in San Diego County 19 8,390
Measured acres outside San Diego County — 1,017
Whole perimeter acres — 9,407
Reported minus measured — 7
Burned in from another county 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for CA. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-27. 30 m cells.