Land cover · Santa Barbara County 2026

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Acres by cover type Acres in Santa Barbara County % of burned % of Santa Barbara County
Forest 171 0.9% 17.9%
Range (shrubland) 14,399 75.4% 52.9%
Grassland 4,256 22.3% 17.4%
Other 280 1.5% 11.8%
Measured acres in Santa Barbara County 19,106 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Santa Barbara County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Santa Rosa Island Fire 18,379 18,167 (of 18,379) 151 13,751 4,023 242 0
Foothill Fire 904 905 0 638 230 37 0
Drum Fire 40 34 21 10 3 1 0
Fires awaiting measurement
(1)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Santa-Rosa Fire 10,025 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 4 29,348
Offered to measurement 4 29,348
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 3 19,323
Awaiting a perimeter 1 10,025
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Santa Barbara County 0 0
Measured acres in Santa Barbara County 3 19,106
Measured acres outside Santa Barbara County — 212
Whole perimeter acres — 19,318
Reported minus measured — 5
Burned in from another county 0 0

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