The Cuesta Fire was a
wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identi ...
that started on 16 August 2015 near
U.S. Route 101 and the Cuesta Grade, in the
Santa Lucia Range
The Santa Lucia Mountains (sæntə luˈsiːə) or Santa Lucia Range is a rugged mountain range in coastal central California, running from Carmel southeast for to the Cuyama River in San Luis Obispo County. The range is never more than from ...
just north of
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo (; Spanish for " St. Louis the Bishop", ; Chumash: ''tiłhini'') is a city and county seat of San Luis Obispo County, in the U.S. state of California. Located on the Central Coast of California, San Luis Obispo is roughly hal ...
in
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,424. The county seat is San Luis Obispo.
Junípero Serra founded the Miss ...
,
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
.
[ The fire was contained on 28 August, and had burned 2,446 acres, some within the ]Los Padres National Forest
Los Padres National Forest is a United States national forest in southern and central California. Administered by the United States Forest Service, Los Padres includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Mo ...
.
Fire
Mandatory evacuations were declared for the area of California State Route 58
State Route 58 (SR 58) is a major east-west state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs across the Coast Ranges, the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Tehachapi Mountains, which border the southern Sierra Nevada, and the Mojave ...
south of the Railroad Track area of Santa Margarita and the area of Miller Flat. , evacuations orders were lifted. The evacuation center was at Santa Rosa Academy in Atascadero
Atascadero (Spanish language, Spanish for "Mire") is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, San Luis Obispo County, California, about equidistant from Los Angeles and San Francisco on U.S. Route 101 in California, U.S. Route 101. Atascade ...
. , 1,600 firefighters were fighting the fire.[
A vehicle is blamed with starting the fire, which started three additional fires nearby, all of which were extinguished.][
Within 24 hours the fire had grown from 100 acres][
]
See also
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References
{{2015 wildfires
2015 California wildfires
Wildfires in San Luis Obispo County, California
Santa Lucia Range
Los Padres National Forest