Coyote Fire

Wildfire in Santa Barbara County, September 1964

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2171/coyote-fire-1964

Key facts

Started September 22, 1964
Contained Not recorded
Burned 65,339 acres
Largest fire of 1964 and 92nd largest in California's records
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Santa Barbara County 65,339 acres

Communities

  1. Montecito 400 acres
  2. Eastern Goleta Valley 348 acres
  3. Santa Barbara 173 acres
  4. Mission Canyon 123 acres
  5. Toro Canyon 21 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1917 Unnamed fire 4,078 acres in total 3,526 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire 19,397 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,573 acres shared
  3. 1918 Unnamed fire 588 acres shared
  4. 1921 Unnamed fire 1,333 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,016 acres shared
  5. 1922 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 5,200 acres shared
  6. 1923 Unnamed fire 61,896 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 26,779 acres shared
  7. 1924 Unnamed fire 2,253 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,056 acres shared
  8. 1925 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 12,057 acres shared
  9. 1932 Matilija Fire 219,999 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,963 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1971 Romero Fire 15,650 acres in total · Cause: Arson 957 acres shared
  2. 1981 Rey Fire 2,244 acres in total 2,094 acres shared
  3. 1985 Wheeler #2 Fire 122,687 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,869 acres shared
  4. 1987 Matias Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 427 acres shared
  5. 1990 Paint Fire 4,425 acres in total · Cause: Arson 494 acres shared
  6. 2007 Zaca Fire 240,359 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 6,205 acres shared
  7. 2008 Tea Fire 1,946 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 919 acres shared
  8. 2009 Jesusita Fire 8,734 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 7,001 acres shared
  9. 2013 White Fire 1,912 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 680 acres shared
  10. 2017 Thomas Fire 281,791 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 17,794 acres shared
  11. 2019 Cave Fire 2,597 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,276 acres shared

And 24 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Coyote Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

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