Rey Fire

Wildfire in Santa Barbara County, August 2016

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7556/rey-fire-2016

Key facts

Started August 18, 2016
Contained September 15, 2016, after 28 days
Burned 32,580 acres
7th largest fire of 2016
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Santa Barbara County 32,577 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. 1923 Unnamed fire 61,896 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 14,080 acres shared
  2. 1944 Unnamed fire 12,190 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,308 acres shared
  3. 1950 San Marcos Fire 10,690 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7,320 acres shared
  4. 1955 Refugio Fire 79,429 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 296 acres shared
  5. 1964 Coyote Fire 65,339 acres in total 18 acres shared
  6. 1971 Ciello Fire 2,546 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,477 acres shared
  7. 1981 Rey Fire 2,257 acres shared
  8. 1981 Rey Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,627 acres shared
  9. 1990 Unnamed fire 934 acres in total 167 acres shared
  10. 1998 Ogilvy Fire 4,029 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,129 acres shared
  11. 1999 Camuesa Fire 175 acres in total 21 acres shared
  12. 2000 Oak Fire Cause: Arson 186 acres shared
  13. 2007 Ranch Fire 394 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2 acres shared
  14. 2007 Zaca Fire 240,359 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 4,780 acres shared
  15. 2013 White Fire 1,912 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 94 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2018 Ogilvy Fire 165 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 19 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Rey 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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