Land cover · San Luis Obispo County 2025

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Acres by cover type Acres in San Luis Obispo County % of burned % of San Luis Obispo County
Forest 3,531 4.3% 16.5%
Range (shrubland) 45,956 56.3% 28.4%
Grassland 26,923 33.0% 41.2%
Other 5,230 6.4% 13.9%
Burned in from another county 413 — —
Measured acres in San Luis Obispo County 81,640 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in San Luis Obispo County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
2025 Madre Fire 80,779 80,777 3,531 45,909 26,175 5,163 0
Bitter Fire 863 863 0 47 749 67 0
Gifford Fire burned in from Santa Barbara County 131,614 413 (of 820) 18 299 60 35 0
Fires awaiting measurement
(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 measurement 6 81,782
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 2 81,642
Awaiting a perimeter 3 140
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside San Luis Obispo County 0 0
Measured acres in San Luis Obispo County 2 81,640
Measured acres outside San Luis Obispo County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 81,640
Reported minus measured — 2
Burned in from another county 1 413

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for CA. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-01. 30 m cells.