Great Fire of 1889

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The Great Fire of 1889 was the largest fire in recorded California history. The fire burned an estemated 800,000 acres (3,200 km²) in San Diego County and Orange County during the last week of September, 1889. According to Assistant District Forester (USFS), L.A. Barrett, who wrote a 1935 report on California wildfires, "I was living in Orange County at the time and well remember the great fire reported herein from September 24 to 26. Nothing like it occurred in California since the National Forests have been administered. In fact in my 33 years in the Service I have never seen a forest or brush fire to equal it. This one covered an enormous scope of country and burned very rapidly."

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• Impact of Antecedent Climate on Fire Regimes in Coastal California (PDF) (Contains a passing reference to the fire.)