Alisal Fire
The Alisal Fire was reported on October 11, 2021 in Santa Barbara County, California and burned 16,970 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 16,970 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 11, 2021
- Personnel
- 36
Map
Perimeter mapped October 24, 2021 at 12:00 AM PDT, 16,953 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.517, -120.131.
The incident
- Size
- 16,970 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 11, 2021 at 2:10 PM PDT
- Contained
- November 15, 2021 at 6:00 PM PST
- Controlled
- December 1, 2021 at 2:00 PM PST
- Declared out
- December 1, 2021 at 4:30 PM PST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 20 Northwest of Santa Barbara within Refugio Canyon
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 36
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $28,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CALPF-002759
- IRWIN identifier
- B6304F5D-0658-49A8-BE97-64D4B17E7833
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Solvang, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Solvang, CA5 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Santa Ynez, CA7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Buellton, CA8 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Los Olivos, CA10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Isla Vista, CA17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Los Alamos, CA18 miles northwest 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 9, 2021 at 8:42 AM PST. Identifier 2021-CALPF-002759.