Foothill Fire
The Foothill Fire was reported on May 19, 2026 in Santa Barbara County, California and burned 904 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 904 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 19, 2026
- Personnel
- 155
Map
Perimeter mapped May 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM PDT, 904 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 34.830, -119.604.
The incident
- Size
- 904 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 19, 2026 at 4:03 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5 Miles SE from New Cuyama, CA
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- New Cuyama
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 155
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,227,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CASBC-027077
- IRWIN identifier
- FE13EAC3-ABC4-49BE-87BF-1CC7B095EC74
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for New Cuyama, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 June 2, 2026 at 11:04 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-CASBC-027077.