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Plains

San Luis Obispo, CA · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 2,588 acres in San Luis Obispo before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

2,588

Acres Burned

90

Days Burning

Aug 12, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 88 acres in the last day
Aug 12 / 0 acresAug 14 / 2,588 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Machesna Mountain Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

15.2 mi

SW

Machesna Mountain Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CA

18.3 mi

SW

Garcia Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

21.2 mi

SW

Santa Lucia Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CA

26 mi

SW

Carrizo Plain National Monument

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Monument / CA

26.7 mi

SE

Los Padres National Forest

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National Forest / CA

27.4 mi

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Santa Lucia Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

29.7 mi

W

Kern National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / CA

31.5 mi

NE

San Rafael Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

42.4 mi

S

Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / CA

45.1 mi

SW

Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / CA

47.9 mi

SE

Pixley National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / CA

49.9 mi

NE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

PLAINS update: 2,588 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 14

Per interagency perimeter data, the PLAINS grew 88 acres to 2,588 and containment moved from 0% to 100%.

IRWIN

PLAINS update: 2,500 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the PLAINS grew 700 acres to 2,500.

IRWIN

PLAINS update: 1,800 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the PLAINS grew 600 acres to 1,800.

IRWIN

PLAINS update: 1,200 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the PLAINS grew 405 acres to 1,200.

IRWIN

PLAINS update: 795 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the PLAINS grew 795 acres to 795.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 12Now

90 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: 542c1fbe-9afa-449f-ad23-7ccb8bca9779

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