Esperanza Fire

Wildfire in Riverside County, October 2006

Search for an address

Printed October 31, 2026 from www.firezones.org/fire/6421/esperanza-fire-2006

Key facts

Started October 26, 2006
Contained October 30, 2006, after 4 days
Burned 40,177 acres
4th largest fire of 2006
Cause Arson
Open map

Where it burned

County

  1. Riverside County 40,177 acres

Communities

  1. Beaumont 7,679 acres
  2. Banning 161 acres
  3. Cabazon 3 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county. A few city neighborhoods, such as Pacific Palisades, are listed too, and their land is also counted in their city.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1923 Unnamed fire 1,932 acres in total 1,260 acres shared
  2. 1926 Unnamed fire 1,521 acres shared
  3. 1932 Unnamed fire 10,748 acres in total 5,431 acres shared
  4. 1961 Duct Fire 1,037 acres shared
  5. 1967 Unnamed fire 25,623 acres in total 16,490 acres shared
  6. 1967 Kohler Fire 6,882 acres in total 3,351 acres shared
  7. 1968 Unnamed fire 15,982 acres in total 5,286 acres shared
  8. 1968 Poppet Fire 6,172 acres in total 5,994 acres shared
  9. 1974 Soboba Fire 19,220 acres in total 4,885 acres shared
  10. 1983 Banning Fire 2,672 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,589 acres shared
  11. 1989 Unnamed fire 4,563 acres shared
  12. 1989 Poppet Fire 1,191 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,064 acres shared
  13. 1992 Banning Fire 1,196 acres shared
  14. 1996 Wolfskill Complex 12,638 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 8,793 acres shared
  15. 1997 Poppet Fire Cause: Arson 1,457 acres shared
  16. 1998 Edna Fire 28,136 acres in total · Cause: Arson 9,159 acres shared
  17. 2003 Canyon Fire 4,302 acres in total 1,822 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2013 Silver Fire 20,309 acres in total 14,398 acres shared
  2. 2017 Manzanita Fire 6,304 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 6,148 acres shared
  3. 2025 Wolf Fire 2,414 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,226 acres shared

And 100 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Esperanza Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published July 28, 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated October 19, 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data