Hill Fire

Wildfire in San Luis Obispo County, June 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7616/hill-fire-2017

Key facts

Started June 26, 2017
Contained June 30, 2017, after 4 days
Burned 1,646 acres
61st largest fire of 2017
Cause Vehicle
Buildings 7 destroyed, 0 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Luis Obispo County 1,643 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.

Buildings damaged

  1. Destroyed Over 50% damaged 7

Buildings CAL FIRE inspected after the fire, by how badly each was damaged. Inspectors record homes, businesses and outbuildings within 100 meters of the fire, and cannot always reach every one, so the counts can differ slightly from other reports.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1916 Unnamed fire 472 acres in total 268 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 63,910 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 102 acres shared
  3. 1948 Unnamed fire 417 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2 acres shared
  4. 1950 Pilitas #1 Fire 22,845 acres in total 506 acres shared
  5. 1950 Pilitas #2 Fire 2,830 acres in total 675 acres shared
  6. 1951 Buckman Fire 4,299 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 95 acres shared
  7. 1960 Rinconada Fire 377 acres in total 229 acres shared
  8. 1970 Parkhill Fire 4,351 acres in total 118 acres shared
  9. 1985 Las Pilitas Fire 84,271 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 47 acres shared
  10. 2003 Parkhill Fire 1,197 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 485 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Hill 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