Spanish Fire

Wildfire in Santa Barbara County, July 1999

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5396/spanish-fire-1999

Key facts

Started July 18, 1999
Contained Not recorded
Burned 22,296 acres
9th largest fire of 1999
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Santa Barbara County 22,296 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. 1922 Unnamed fire 114,745 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 15,529 acres shared
  2. 1923 Unnamed fire 4,121 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,303 acres shared
  3. 1923 Unnamed fire 1,415 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2 acres shared
  4. 1926 Unnamed fire 766 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 735 acres shared
  5. 1928 Unnamed fire 7,070 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,966 acres shared
  6. 1928 Unnamed fire 356 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 335 acres shared
  7. 1928 Unnamed fire 113 acres in total 79 acres shared
  8. 1939 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 195 acres shared
  9. 1940 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 193 acres shared
  10. 1943 Unnamed fire 78 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 26 acres shared
  11. 1945 Unnamed fire 168 acres shared
  12. 1966 Wellman Fire 97,118 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,387 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2000 Cottonwood Fire 30 acres in total 29 acres shared
  2. 2006 Bald Fire 4,322 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 141 acres shared
  3. 2009 La Brea Fire 97,815 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,367 acres shared
  4. 2025 Gifford Fire 131,614 acres in total 12,109 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Spanish 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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