Plains Fire
The Plains Fire was reported on August 12, 2026 in San Luis Obispo County, California and burned 2,588 acres. It was fully contained on August 12, 2026.
- Size
- 2,588 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2026
- Personnel
- 119
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
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 35.417, -120.001.
The incident
- Size
- 2,588 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 21 Miles NW from McKittrick, CA
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Santa Margartia
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 119
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CASLU-012768
- IRWIN identifier
- 542C1FBE-9AFA-449F-AD23-7CCB8BCA9779
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lost Hills, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lost Hills, CA22 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Shandon, CA27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Buttonwillow, CA30 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Santa Margarita, CA34 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Taft Heights, CA36 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ford City, CA36 miles southeast 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 August 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-CASLU-012768.