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Fires Near San Luis Obispo, CA

Live wildfire tracking around San Luis Obispo: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for San Luis Obispo, CA

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.

Evacuation status: no active zones

No evacuation order or warning covers San Luis Obispo, CA in the official live feed, and none of the feeds we monitor show an active zone within 50 miles. Live zone status comes from San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services, refreshed every 5 minutes. Live coverage here applies to San Luis Obispo County; neighboring counties post notices through their own official channels. Counties assign a zone code to an address only when they activate a zone, so a quiet area has no code to show; if one is ever issued for this location, it appears here immediately.

There are currently 95 active fires within 300 miles of San Luis Obispo, CA, including 12 within 100 miles. None are inside San Luis Obispo city limits. The most significant is the Timber fire, 88 miles away at 25,350 acres, 100% contained. In roughly the last 12 hours, dispatch centers logged 1 new fire report within 30 miles of San Luis Obispo, CA; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is 11 miles away. Reports like these usually appear minutes after the first 911 call. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of San Luis Obispo, CA in the past 12 hours; the closest pass was 6 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops.
Air quality measured at the Morro Bay monitor 11 miles away is good (AQI 43).
Early signal: fresh dispatch activity nearby. Dispatch centers logged 1 new fire report within 30 miles in roughly the last 12 hours; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is about 11 miles away. These logs usually appear minutes after the first 911 call, often before a fire is officially listed. Turn on the Dispatch reports layer on the map below and zoom in to see each one.
Firefighting aircraft active nearby. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of San Luis Obispo, CA in the past 12 hours; the closest pass was 6 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops. Aircraft currently broadcasting appear live on the map below via the Firefighting aircraft layer; tap any icon for its type and track.

House pin: San Luis Obispo, CA. Bold outline: San Luis Obispo city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

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San Luis Obispo is in San Luis Obispo CountyLive feed

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  • Tuolumne County Office of Emergency Services
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  • San Bernardino County Office of Emergency Services
  • Ventura County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services
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  • San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services

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Fires by distance

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33K acres
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34K acres

This season vs the last decade

63% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026249 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)398 acres

So far in 2026, 249 acres have burned within 25 miles of San Luis Obispo, 63% of the 398 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Counts fires that started within 25 miles, at their full size.

Active fires near San Luis Obispo, CA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near San Luis Obispo

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Mountaineer Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR89, CFR88)

    4 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  2. LAC-406124 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  3. LAC-406080 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  4. LAC-405512 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  5. LAC-404865 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  6. LAC-403588 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  7. LAC-403366 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  8. LAC-402436 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  9. LAC-401094 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  10. LAC-406357 Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (N716HT, TKR137)

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

Historic fires near San Luis Obispo

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Zaca Two
2007
240,207 acres · 47 mi away
Basin Complex
2008
162,818 acres · 88 mi away
Gifford
2025
131,612 acres · 36 mi away
Dolan
2020
124,924 acres · 79 mi away

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