Damage Report · San Diego County, California · August 2026
San Diego Fire Damage Report: August 2026
San Diego County logged 279 damage incidents in August 2026 across 31 days, averaging 9 per day. The busiest day was August 23 with 22 incidents, and 213 incidents carried medium or high damage estimates.
At a glance
- 279Damage incidents tracked in August 2026
- ~9/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 97Structure fires
- 22Incidents on August 23, the month's peak day
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: August 23 (22 incidents). Counties covered: San Diego.
What stood out
- On August 23 San Diego County recorded 22 incidents, 2.4 times the daily average, creating the single busiest day for crews in the month.
- San Diego recorded 94 incidents, 34% of the county total, concentrating a significant share of canvass and restoration work in the city.
- Escondido, Oceanside, and Chula Vista combined for 53 incidents, a regional cluster that also sits alongside totals in San Marcos and Vista.
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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the San Diego County throughout August 2026, aggregated from FirstLeads' real-time incident monitoring network and frozen as a monthly snapshot at publish time. Damage severity is estimated from emergency response signals at the time of the incident.
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