Holiday Fire

Wildfire in Santa Barbara County, July 2018

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7820/holiday-fire-2018

Key facts

Started July 6, 2018
Contained July 9, 2018, after 3 days
Burned 118 acres
124th largest fire of 2018
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 24 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Santa Barbara County 118 acres

Community

  1. Eastern Goleta Valley 108 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 24
  2. Major damage 25 to 50% damaged 2
  3. Minor damage 10 to 25% 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. 2008 Gap Fire 9,545 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Holiday 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