Alamo Fire

Wildfire in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, July 2017

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7628/alamo-fire-2017

Key facts

Started July 6, 2017
Contained July 20, 2017, after 14 days
Burned 28,834 acres
15th largest fire of 2017
Cause Vehicle
Buildings 14 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Santa Barbara County 22,791 acres
  2. San Luis Obispo County 6,048 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 14
  2. Affected Up to 10% damaged 1

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. 1914 Unnamed fire 18,089 acres in total 11,893 acres shared
  2. 1914 Unnamed fire 571 acres in total 80 acres shared
  3. 1915 Unnamed fire 65 acres in total 64 acres shared
  4. 1929 Unnamed fire 10,162 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9,785 acres shared
  5. 1953 Big Dalton Fire 67,702 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 11,533 acres shared
  6. 1979 Tepesquet Fire 220 acres in total 172 acres shared
  7. 1985 Suey Ranch Fire 1,460 acres in total 193 acres shared
  8. 2009 Highway Fire 84 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 78 acres shared
  9. 2014 Twitchell Fire Cause: Power lines 22 acres shared
  10. 2015 White Fire 54 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 53 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Twitchell Fire Cause: Lightning 29 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Alamo 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