Cave Fire
The Cave Fire was reported on November 25, 2019 in Santa Barbara County, California and burned 3,126 acres. It was declared out on January 27, 2020. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 3,126 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 25, 2019
- Personnel
- 38
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.514, -119.793.
The incident
- Size
- 3,126 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 25, 2019 at 4:15 PM PST
- Contained
- December 14, 2019 at 1:00 PM PST
- Controlled
- December 18, 2019 at 12:00 AM PST
- Declared out
- January 27, 2020 at 8:00 AM PST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Los Padres NF, Santa Barbara RD; Highway 154 at Painted Cave Rd.
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Santa Barbara
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- #
- Personnel assigned
- 38
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-CALPF-002908
- IRWIN identifier
- 3821BA3B-B9A5-45D1-99FC-299B4B452049
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Goleta, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Goleta, CA6 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Mission Canyon, CA6 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Isla Vista, CA8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Santa Barbara, CA8 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Montecito, CA11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Summerland, CA13 miles southeast 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 February 5, 2020 at 10:02 AM PST. Identifier 2019-CALPF-002908.