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Fires Near Santa Barbara, CA
Live wildfire tracking around Santa Barbara: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.
All clear
Live risk assessment for Santa Barbara, CA
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 orders or warnings are active within 50 miles of Santa Barbara, CA. Live zone status comes from CAL FIRE / Cal OES, refreshed every 5 minutes. 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.
House pin: Santa Barbara, CA. Bold outline: Santa Barbara city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.
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Fires by distance
This season vs the last decade
<1% of an average yearSo far in 2026, 1 acre has burned within 25 miles of Santa Barbara, <1% of the 6.2K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
Active fires near Santa Barbara, CA
Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.
- -Briggs FireLos Angeles, CA-54 mi away3 days ago
- -Golden FireLos Angeles, CA-55 mi away25 hours ago
- -Carter FireLos Angeles, CA0.0 acres55 mi away4 days ago
- -Cherry FireLos Angeles, CA0.1 acres56 mi away4 days ago
- -Violin FireLos Angeles, CA1.0 acres58 mi away4 days ago
- -Gorman FireLos Angeles, CA1.0 acres59 mi away4 days ago
- -Templin FireLos Angeles, CA0.0 acres59 mi away4 days ago
- -LAC-345537 FireLos Angeles, CA-64 mi away17 hours ago
- -Alamo FireLos Angeles, CA-68 mi away12 hours ago
- -Victor FireLos Angeles, CA0.1 acres75 mi away4 days ago
| Fire | State | County | Distance | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 54 mi | - | - | 3 days ago |
| Golden Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 55 mi | - | - | 25 hours ago |
| Carter Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 55 mi | 0.0 acres | - | 4 days ago |
| Cherry Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 56 mi | 0.1 acres | - | 4 days ago |
| Violin Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 58 mi | 1.0 acres | - | 4 days ago |
| Gorman Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 59 mi | 1.0 acres | - | 4 days ago |
| Templin Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 59 mi | 0.0 acres | - | 4 days ago |
| LAC-345537 Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 64 mi | - | - | 17 hours ago |
| Alamo Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 68 mi | - | - | 12 hours ago |
| Victor Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 75 mi | 0.1 acres | - | 4 days ago |
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Latest updates on fires near Santa Barbara
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Dome Fire · Grew 228 acres in 24 hours to 4,361 acres
11 hours ago · September 26, 2026Patton Ln Tem Fire · 4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR72, CFR652, T73)
11 hours ago · September 26, 2026Timber Fire · Mapped size revised down to 25,341 acres (from 25,513)
11 hours ago · September 26, 2026Sandia Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR652, T73)
12 hours ago · September 25, 2026Dorado Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR652, T73)
12 hours ago · September 25, 2026Alamo Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (LAC20, LAC18)
12 hours ago · September 25, 2026LAC-345537 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (LAC20)
12 hours ago · September 25, 2026Lopez 2 Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (LAC18, LAC20)
12 hours ago · September 25, 2026Victor Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (LAC20)
12 hours ago · September 25, 2026Juniper Fire · 6 firefighting aircraft working this fire (N292NA, CUL561, T73)
12 hours ago · September 25, 2026
Historic fires near Santa Barbara
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Emergency resources for California
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