State ID: CA
3 letter designator: LPF
Fire name: Gifford
Location: Hwy 166 near Gifford Ranch
Reported acres: 818 (as of 1542 on 1 Aug, ~100 minutes after initial report)
Rate of spread: Rapid
Report on Conditions: 4 fires, one 5-10 acres in grass and brush
Structure threat: Yes, evacs underway
Resources: USFS LPF and SBC in Unified Command. 4 Charlie strike teams enroute. Aviation assets include Tankers 1, 41, 74, 75, 78, 121, 122 and 210, as well as SBC 964, Chinook 3PJ and Skycrane 37S
Hazards:
Weather: 87°, 27% RH, winds 255 3G18 @ 1710
Radio channels: LPF Forest Net
Scanner link:
Webcam link: ALERTWest - Plowshare Peak
Agency Website: U.S. Forest Service - Los Padres National Forest | Solvang CA
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DIVISIONS:
West side of the fire is Division Zulu, North Side Division Alpha, East Division mike, South side being the fire in Plowshare peak area for reference is division Sierra (division Zulu Sierra break at plowshare peak per current information
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LPF Resources assigned: Chief 3, Division 1, Battalion 32, Battalion 34, Battalion 41, Engine 51, Engine 335, Engine 371, Engine, Engine 346, Engine 343, Engine 353, Engine 352, Engine 337, Patrol 41, Patrol 51, Patrol 34, Water tender 24, Vandenberg crew 2, Dozer 3, Dozer 4, Air attack 07, Helicopter 530, Helicopter HT-35S
Chumash Engines 381, Engine 682 and Water tender 284
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Latest mapping flight puts it at 23,588 acres
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New acreage updated per Intel aircraft at 30,519 acres.
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Per the morning update, the fire has now burned 39,676 acres and is 5% contained. There are 561 personnel committed to the firefight, spread across 40 engines, 13 dozers, 5 tenders, and 12 hand crews. Helicopters assigned include heitankers 35S, 37S, 5HT, 3PJ and 964.
There are 55 structures threatened, and this is a full suppression fire.
The current control objectives are to keep it north of the Sisquoc River, south of the Manchesna Wilderness, west of Cottonwood Canyon and east of the Huasna River. Weather will continue to be hot and dry, with high spotting potential, and fire has been mainly fuel and terrain driven.
CA Team 5 is managing the fire in Unified Command with CalFire, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.
The cause remains under investigation.
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Fire Watch 51 is over the fire mapping the perimeter this morning.
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Latest heat signatures from Caltop here:
they are 3 hours old when posted and smoke columns can create signatures too. Gives you some recent idea of activity.
Gifford fire signitures CalTopo 8-3-25 morning.pdf (5.1 MB)
It’s missing the Madre fire scar and it’s already into the 2009 La Brea burn scar.
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Knocking on 50k at 49,760 acres, and holding to the ±1,000 acres per hour rate as we wrap up the 2nd full day of burning.
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Containment has dropped to 3%, and the fire now has 1,091 folks assigned, spread across 51 engines, 32 hand crews, 16 dozers and 15 water tenders.
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