Perkins Fire

Wildfire in Santa Barbara County, June 2006

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6273/perkins-fire-2006

Key facts

Started June 19, 2006
Contained July 20, 2006, after 31 days
Burned 14,923 acres
12th largest fire of 2006
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Santa Barbara County 14,923 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. 1921 Unnamed fire 5,550 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,148 acres shared
  2. 1928 Unnamed fire 42,870 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,758 acres shared
  3. 1929 Salisbury Potrero Fire 5,895 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 31 acres shared
  4. 1939 Unnamed fire 4,442 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,010 acres shared
  5. 1966 Wellman Fire 97,118 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 546 acres shared
  6. 1994 Aliso Fire 3,244 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 192 acres shared
  7. 1996 Cuyama Fire 1,400 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 87 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2007 Zaca Fire 240,359 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 66 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Perkins 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

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data