Burn severity · San Luis Obispo County 2025

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in San Luis Obispo County
Unburned to very low 1,724 35,603 26,668 5,026 0 69,021
Low 957 6,450 202 166 0 7,775
Moderate low 536 2,774 42 34 0 3,386
Moderate high 291 1,047 10 3 0 1,351
High 24 82 0 0 0 106
Assessed acres in San Luis Obispo County 3,531 45,956 26,923 5,230 0 81,640
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in San Luis Obispo County Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
2025 Madre Fire 80,779 80,777 68,269 7,706 3,354 1,341 106
Bitter Fire 863 863 752 69 33 10 0
Gifford Fire burned in from Santa Barbara County 131,614 413 (of 820) 313 90 10 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
(4)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Alma Fire 107 — Awaiting a perimeter
Hutton Fire 20 — Awaiting a perimeter
Walnut Fire 13 — Awaiting a perimeter
Chimineas Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 6 81,782
Offered to assessment 6 81,782
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 2 81,642
Awaiting a perimeter 3 140
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside San Luis Obispo County 0 0
Assessed acres in San Luis Obispo County 2 81,640
Assessed acres outside San Luis Obispo County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 81,640
Burned in from another county 1 413

Generated 2026-09-17 15:55 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-09-17 15:55 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for CA. 30 m cells.