Carrizo
San Luis Obispo, CA · Undetermined
This fire is no longer active. It burned 268 acres in San Luis Obispo before dropping off the national incident feed.
268
Acres Burned
80
Days Burning
Aug 22, 2026
Discovered
3w ago
Last Update
Growth
Grew 267 acres in the last dayPublic Lands Nearby
12 public land units within 75 miles
Los Padres National Forest
GoNational Forest / CA
2.1 mi
S
Carrizo Plain National Monument
GoMonument / CA
11.9 mi
E
San Rafael Wilderness
GoWilderness / CA
17 mi
S
Machesna Mountain Wilderness
GoWilderness / CA
23.9 mi
NW
Garcia Wilderness
GoWilderness / CA
26 mi
NW
Machesna Mountain Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / CA
27.1 mi
NW
Santa Lucia Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / CA
30.4 mi
NW
Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge
GoWildlife Refuge / CA
31 mi
E
Dick Smith Wilderness
GoWilderness / CA
32.9 mi
SE
Santa Lucia Wilderness
GoWilderness / CA
36.3 mi
NW
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
GoWildlife Refuge / CA
39.8 mi
W
Chumash Wilderness
GoWilderness / CA
43.4 mi
SE
Situation Updates
Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
CARRIZO mapped at 1 acres
Perimeter dataInteragency perimeter data shows the CARRIZO at 1 acres.
IRWINTimeline
80 days since discovery
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Data Sources
Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.
IRWIN ID: 4e39584a-8e33-47d4-b15d-5c7f4c64fc07
Important
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