Sence Ranch Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, October 1967

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/2326/sence-ranch-fire-1967

Key facts

Started October 15, 1967
Contained Not recorded
Burned 18,354 acres
5th largest fire of 1967
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 18,352 acres

Communities

  1. Saticoy 17 acres
  2. Somis 2 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. 1946 Wiley Canyon Fire 21,266 acres in total 4,693 acres shared
  2. 1956 Bi Brush Fire 1,596 acres in total 337 acres shared
  3. 1958 Calumet Canyon Fire 17,214 acres in total 3,043 acres shared
  4. 1962 Culbert Fire 5,303 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1970 Clampitt Fire 115,537 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 1,033 acres shared
  2. 1971 Sence Ranch Brush #2 Fire 2,816 acres shared
  3. 1973 Sense Fire 984 acres in total 957 acres shared
  4. 1980 South Mountain Fire 2,393 acres shared
  5. 1981 Loma Fire 376 acres in total 347 acres shared
  6. 1984 Grimes Fire 11,305 acres in total 4,546 acres shared
  7. 1986 Bradley Fire 9,229 acres in total 9,027 acres shared
  8. 1990 South Mountain Fire 735 acres in total 700 acres shared
  9. 1998 South Mountain Fire 117 acres in total 108 acres shared
  10. 1999 Bradley Incident Fire 3,306 acres shared
  11. 2003 Simi Fire 107,570 acres in total 15,739 acres shared
  12. 2009 Guiberson Fire 17,527 acres in total 965 acres shared
  13. 2018 Briggs Fire 154 acres shared
  14. 2019 Maria Fire 10,043 acres in total 9,735 acres shared
  15. 2023 South Fire 2,710 acres shared
  16. 2024 Mountain Fire 19,902 acres in total 14,881 acres shared

And 3 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Sence Ranch 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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