Scorpion Fire
The Scorpion Fire was reported on May 31, 2020 in Santa Barbara County, California and burned 1,395 acres. It was declared out on June 20, 2020. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,395 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 31, 2020
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM PDT, 343 acres (gps-walked/driven). Point of origin 34.042, -119.543.
The incident
- Size
- 1,395 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 31, 2020 at 10:38 AM PDT
- Contained
- June 4, 2020 at 10:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- June 5, 2020 at 7:30 AM PDT
- Declared out
- June 20, 2020 at 12:21 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human, Equipment
- Location
- Santa Cruz Island, part of Channel Islands National Park
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- NPS
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-CACNP-001216
- IRWIN identifier
- 84EB3715-5649-43F0-BC29-B4767EB649A4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Channel Islands Beach, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Channel Islands Beach, CA20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Port Hueneme, CA21 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Ventura, CA22 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Oxnard, CA24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Carpinteria, CA25 miles north of the fire’s origin
- El Rio, CA25 miles northeast 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 March 23, 2021 at 11:50 AM PDT. Identifier 2020-CACNP-001216.