Pilitas #1 Fire

Wildfire in San Luis Obispo County, July 1950

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/795/pilitas-1-fire-1950

Key facts

Started July 3, 1950
Contained Not recorded
Burned 22,845 acres
4th largest fire of 1950
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Luis Obispo County 22,845 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. 1916 Unnamed fire 472 acres in total 166 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 63,910 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 20,633 acres shared
  3. 1928 Unnamed fire 18,128 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 233 acres shared
  4. 1929 Unnamed fire 16,280 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 218 acres shared
  5. 1939 Unnamed fire 1,066 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 919 acres shared
  6. 1942 Unnamed fire 1,944 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,145 acres shared
  7. 1948 Unnamed fire 417 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 213 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1951 Buckman Fire 4,299 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 735 acres shared
  2. 1951 Bethel Fire 18,254 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 653 acres shared
  3. 1954 Blue Goat Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 697 acres shared
  4. 1981 Harvestor Fire 225 acres in total 130 acres shared
  5. 1985 Las Pilitas Fire 84,271 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 3,516 acres shared
  6. 1987 Slu-1690 Fire 231 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 183 acres shared
  7. 1996 Highway 58 Fire 106,970 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 16,038 acres shared
  8. 1999 Parkhill Fire 384 acres in total 11 acres shared
  9. 2003 Parkhill Fire 1,197 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 918 acres shared
  10. 2016 O'donovan Fire 34 acres shared
  11. 2017 Hill Fire 1,646 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 506 acres shared
  12. 2020 Pond Fire 1,962 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,381 acres shared
  13. 2025 Pilitas Fire 20 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 15 acres shared

And 2 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Pilitas #1 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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