Plant Fire
The Plant Fire was reported on August 19, 2023 in Santa Barbara County, California and burned 5,464 acres. It was declared out on September 4, 2023.
- Size
- 5,464 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2023
- Personnel
- 24
Map
Perimeter mapped August 19, 2023 at 10:06 AM PDT, 5,762 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 34.948, -119.691.
The incident
- Size
- 5,464 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2023 at 1:25 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 30, 2023 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 3, 2023 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 4, 2023 at 8:30 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Aliso Canyon and Foothill Road - 5 miles west of New Cuyama
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- New Cuyama
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 24
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,750,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CASBC-011307
- IRWIN identifier
- B31604C4-AC56-47F4-85A8-222B39107AC5
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 19, 2023 (5,465 acres) to August 29, 2023 (5,762 acres). The largest one-day growth was 297 acres, mapped August 29, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 19, 2023 | 5,465 | |
| August 29, 2023 | 5,762 | +297 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for New Cuyama, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- New Cuyama, CAUnder a mile east of the fire’s origin
- Taft Heights, CA18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Maricopa, CA18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- South Taft, CA19 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Taft, CA19 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Ford City, CA19 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 September 6, 2023 at 11:05 AM PDT. Identifier 2023-CASBC-011307.