Lake Fire

Wildfire in Santa Barbara County, July 2024

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8508/lake-fire-2024

Key facts

Started July 5, 2024
Contained August 4, 2024, after 30 days
Burned 38,610 acres
5th largest fire of 2024
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Santa Barbara County 38,597 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. 1913 Unnamed fire 1,304 acres in total 1,181 acres shared
  2. 1914 Unnamed fire 333 acres shared
  3. 1915 Unnamed fire 375 acres in total 357 acres shared
  4. 1917 Unnamed fire 1,802 acres in total 1,757 acres shared
  5. 1918 Unnamed fire 155 acres shared
  6. 1920 Unnamed fire 671 acres in total 272 acres shared
  7. 1921 Unnamed fire 589 acres in total 247 acres shared
  8. 1924 Unnamed fire 185 acres in total 119 acres shared
  9. 1928 Unnamed fire 473 acres in total 136 acres shared
  10. 1930 Unnamed fire 251 acres in total 192 acres shared
  11. 1956 Unnamed fire 209 acres shared
  12. 1963 Unnamed fire 1,553 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,301 acres shared
  13. 1966 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 181 acres shared
  14. 1966 Unnamed fire 389 acres in total 135 acres shared
  15. 1970 Unnamed fire Cause: Debris burning 148 acres shared
  16. 1977 Cachuma Fire 2,250 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,694 acres shared
  17. 1993 Marre Fire 43,822 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 23,837 acres shared
  18. 2003 Happy Fire 286 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 117 acres shared
  19. 2007 Zaca Fire 240,359 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 3,966 acres shared
  20. 2007 Sedgwick Fire 809 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 582 acres shared

And 8 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Lake 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