Canyon Fire
The Canyon Fire was reported on September 17, 2016 in Santa Barbara County, California and burned 12,742 acres. It was declared out on October 1, 2016.
- Size
- 12,742 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 17, 2016
- Personnel
- 614
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.720, -120.550.
Live radar at the fire Forecast for Vandenberg Space Force Base
The incident
- Size
- 12,742 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 17, 2016 at 5:20 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 25, 2016 at 5:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- September 27, 2016 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 1, 2016 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Vandenberg AFB
- Personnel assigned
- 614
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-CAAFV-003151
- IRWIN identifier
- 922B74DC-46B3-4C9A-BD29-A4778710AB8E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA3 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Vandenberg Village, CA5 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Mission Hills, CA7 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lompoc, CA8 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Orcutt, CA12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Los Alamos, CA16 miles east of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 12, 2016 at 8:08 AM PST. Identifier 2016-CAAFV-003151.