Lake Fire
The Lake Fire was reported on July 5, 2024 in Santa Barbara County, California and burned 38,664 acres. It was declared out on May 14, 2025.
- Size
- 38,664 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 5, 2024
- Personnel
- 17
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped May 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM PDT, 38,610 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 34.787, -120.052.
The incident
- Size
- 38,664 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 5, 2024 at 3:48 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- May 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- North East of the City of Los Olivos
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Santa Ynez, Ca.
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $105,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CALPF-001542
- IRWIN identifier
- 748283A9-D659-4FC4-9938-55DDE2484A19
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 6, 2024 (12,227 acres) to May 14, 2025 (38,610 acres). The largest one-day growth was 38,813 acres, mapped July 19, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 6, 2024 | 12,227 | |
| July 7, 2024 | 16,452 | +4,225 |
| July 8, 2024 | 21,763 | +5,311 |
| July 9, 2024 | 28,987 | +7,224 |
| July 11, 2024 | 34,015 | +5,028 |
| July 12, 2024 | 37,508 | +3,493 |
| July 13, 2024 | 37,508 | 0 |
| July 14, 2024 | 38,535 | +1,027 |
| July 15, 2024 | 38,535 | 0 |
| July 16, 2024 | 0 | -38,535 |
| July 19, 2024 | 38,813 | +38,813 |
| July 20, 2024 | 38,813 | 0 |
| July 21, 2024 | 38,628 | -185 |
| May 14, 2025 | 38,610 | -18 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Los Olivos, CA covers the area today.
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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 May 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM PDT. Identifier 2024-CALPF-001542.