Pond Fire

Wildfire in San Luis Obispo County, August 2020

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8095/pond-fire-2020

Key facts

Started August 1, 2020
Contained August 9, 2020, after 8 days
Burned 1,962 acres
58th largest fire of 2020
Cause Arson
Buildings 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. San Luis Obispo County 1,962 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 3
  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. 1921 Unnamed fire 63,910 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,964 acres shared
  2. 1928 Unnamed fire 18,128 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 25 acres shared
  3. 1947 Unnamed fire 417 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 115 acres shared
  4. 1950 Pilitas #1 Fire 22,845 acres in total 1,381 acres shared
  5. 1968 Bundy Fire 194 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 36 acres shared
  6. 1985 Las Pilitas Fire 84,271 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 487 acres shared
  7. 1996 Highway 58 Fire 106,970 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,139 acres shared
  8. 2015 Parkhill Fire 1,812 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 104 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Pond 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