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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.
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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 order or warning covers Santa Barbara, 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 CAL FIRE / Cal OES, refreshed every 5 minutes. Live coverage here applies to Santa Barbara 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.
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.
Evacuation feed coverage in California
Every active zone in California →Evacuation orders and warnings issued here appear on FireNearby within minutes and trigger our alerts.
Orders and warnings in the 13 counties without a feed appear on FireNearby only when Cal OES's statewide layer carries them, and not every county posts there. If you live in one, follow that county's official emergency channels.
- Alpine
- Amador
- Colusa
- El Dorado
- Glenn
- Imperial
- Kings
- Merced
- Sacramento
- San Benito
- San Francisco
- San Joaquin
- Stanislaus
- Alameda
- Butte
- Calaveras
- Contra Costa
- Del Norte
- Fresno
- Humboldt
- Inyo
- Kern
- Lake
- Lassen
- Los Angeles
- Madera
- Marin
- Mariposa
- Mendocino
- Modoc
- Mono
- Monterey
- Napa
- Nevada
- Orange
- Placer
- Plumas
- Riverside
- San Bernardino
- San Diego
- San Luis Obispo
- San Mateo
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara
- Santa Cruz
- Shasta
- Sierra
- Siskiyou
- Solano
- Sonoma
- Sutter
- Tehama
- Trinity
- Tulare
- Tuolumne
- Ventura
- Yolo
- Yuba
12 official sources, checked every 5 minutes
- CAL FIRE / Cal OES
- Orange County Emergency Operations Center
- Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management
- City of Santa Rosa Emergency Operations Center
- Placer County Sheriff's Office
- Tuolumne County Office of Emergency Services
- Mariposa County Office of Emergency Services
- San Bernardino County Office of Emergency Services
- Ventura County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services
- Butte County Sheriff's Office
- Fresno County Sheriff's Office
- San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services
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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.
Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Counts fires that started within 25 miles, at their full size.
Active fires near Santa Barbara, CA
Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.
- -Petroleum FireKern, CA0.0 acres51 mi away4 days ago
- -North FireKern, CA-52 mi away4 days ago
- 100%Bryson FireLos Angeles, CA146 acres54 mi away20 days ago
- -Crocker FireKern, CA-55 mi away4 days ago
- -Golden FireLos Angeles, CA-59 mi away34 hours ago
- -Bar FireLos Angeles, CA-66 mi away3 days ago
- 100%Lost FireKern, CA7,834 acres69 mi away4 days ago
- -Arrow FireLos Angeles, CA-77 mi away3 days ago
- -Carrier FireKern, CA-82 mi away4 days ago
- -LAC-403920 FireLos Angeles, CA-82 mi away2 days ago
| Fire | State | County | Distance | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum Fire | CA | Kern | 51 mi | 0.0 acres | - | 4 days ago |
| North Fire | CA | Kern | 52 mi | - | - | 4 days ago |
| Bryson Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 54 mi | 146 acres | 100% | 20 days ago |
| Crocker Fire | CA | Kern | 55 mi | - | - | 4 days ago |
| Golden Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 59 mi | - | - | 34 hours ago |
| Bar Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 66 mi | - | - | 3 days ago |
| Lost Fire | CA | Kern | 69 mi | 7,834 acres | 100% | 4 days ago |
| Arrow Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 77 mi | - | - | 3 days ago |
| Carrier Fire | CA | Kern | 82 mi | - | - | 4 days ago |
| LAC-403920 Fire | CA | Los Angeles | 82 mi | - | - | 2 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.
Rainbow 6 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (CFR605)
57 min ago · November 11, 2026MTZ/SDU/RAINBOW6 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (CFR605)
57 min ago · November 11, 2026LAC-406124 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)
7 hours ago · November 10, 2026LAC-406080 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)
7 hours ago · November 10, 2026LAC-405512 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)
7 hours ago · November 10, 2026LAC-404865 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)
7 hours ago · November 10, 2026LAC-403588 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)
7 hours ago · November 10, 2026LAC-403366 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)
7 hours ago · November 10, 2026LAC-402436 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)
7 hours ago · November 10, 2026LAC-401094 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (TKR137)
7 hours ago · November 10, 2026
Historic fires near Santa Barbara
The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.
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Emergency resources for California
Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.