Los Padres Fire

Wildfire in Ventura County, September 1990

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/4502/los-padres-fire-1990

Key facts

Started September 1, 1990
Contained Not recorded
Burned 20,540 acres
4th largest fire of 1990
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Ventura County 20,512 acres

Community

  1. Mira Monte 1 acre

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. 1898 Los Padres Fire 20,532 acres shared
  2. 1910 Coyote Creek Fire 11,227 acres in total 7,831 acres shared
  3. 1913 Unnamed fire 632 acres in total 456 acres shared
  4. 1913 Rincon Creek Fire 1,760 acres in total 143 acres shared
  5. 1916 Unnamed fire 146 acres shared
  6. 1917 Unnamed fire 19,397 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 434 acres shared
  7. 1917 Thatcher Fire 29,639 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7,922 acres shared
  8. 1923 Unnamed fire 4,231 acres shared
  9. 1925 Unnamed fire 8,624 acres in total 1,989 acres shared
  10. 1932 Matilija Fire 219,999 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 13,600 acres shared
  11. 1945 Unnamed fire 110 acres in total 53 acres shared
  12. 1983 Matilija Fire 4,707 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,541 acres shared
  13. 1983 Poplin Fire Cause: Arson 194 acres shared
  14. 1985 Wheeler #2 Fire 122,687 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 19,332 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2017 Thomas Fire 281,791 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 19,581 acres shared
  2. 2018 Casitas Fire 16 acres in total 10 acres shared
  3. 2021 Casitas Fire 188 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Los Padres 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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