Madre Fire
The Madre Fire was reported on July 2, 2025 in San Luis Obispo County, California and burned 80,786 acres. It was declared out on July 28, 2025.
- Size
- 80,786 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 2, 2025
- Personnel
- 28
Map
Perimeter mapped May 12, 2026 at 9:31 AM PDT, 80,779 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 35.095, -120.047.
The incident
- Size
- 80,786 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM PDT
- Declared out
- July 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 20 Miles NW from New Cuyama, CA
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- New Cuyama
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 28
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $30,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CALPF-001817
- IRWIN identifier
- 1AB682F7-CC0F-4DCE-87A4-FA4A9B67AB05
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 2, 2025 (8,396 acres) to May 12, 2026 (80,779 acres). The largest one-day growth was 44,198 acres, mapped July 3, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2025 | 8,396 | |
| July 3, 2025 | 52,594 | +44,198 |
| July 4, 2025 | 70,800 | +18,206 |
| July 5, 2025 | 79,936 | +9,136 |
| July 6, 2025 | 80,480 | +544 |
| July 7, 2025 | 80,601 | +121 |
| July 8, 2025 | 80,583 | -18 |
| July 9, 2025 | 80,786 | +203 |
| July 10, 2025 | 80,780 | -6 |
| July 11, 2025 | 80,780 | 0 |
| May 12, 2026 | 80,779 | -1 |
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, CA23 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Maria, CA24 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Nipomo, CA25 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Orcutt, CA27 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Los Alamos, CA28 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Los Olivos, CA30 miles south 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 May 12, 2026 at 11:05 AM PDT. Identifier 2025-CALPF-001817.