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It was the single largest wildfire of the 2007 California wildfire season. The fire started on July 4, 2007, and by August 31, it had burned over 240,207 acres (972.083 km 2 ), making it California's second largest fire in recorded history at that time after the Cedar Fire of 2003.
At least 9,093 separate wildfires charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km 2) of land in the US state of California in 2007. [1] Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [5] which burned approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2) of land from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. [6]
Santa Barbara (Spanish: Santa Bárbara, meaning ' Saint Barbara ') is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting Alaska, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
The Santa Barbara County area, including the Northern Channel Islands, was first settled by Native Americans at least 13,000 years ago.Evidence for a Paleoindian presence has been found in the form of a fluted Clovis-like point found in the 1980s along the western Santa Barbara Coast, as well as the remains of Arlington Springs Man found on Santa Rosa Island in the 1960s.
Santa Barbara County: 93105 Sans Crainte: 1 Contra Costa County: 94596 Sansevaine: 1 San Bernardino County San Simeon: 1 San Luis Obispo County: 93452 Santa Ana: 1 Orange County: 92701 99 Santa Ana Gardens: 1 Orange County Santa Ana Heights: 1 Orange County: 92707 Santa Anita: 1 Los Angeles County: 91006 Santa Barbara: 1 Santa Barbara County ...
Populated places in Santa Barbara County, California, including cities, towns, and unincorporated settlements (CDPs, neighborhoods, etc.) Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
One of the state’s most naturally beautiful cities, Santa Barbara is a coastal paradise that carries many Spanish influences. Palm trees and red-tiled Spanish colonial buildings line its streets ...
Santa Barbara: 2,634 1,066 1953 Features a narrow beach at the foot of coastal bluffs where monarch butterflies congregate in autumn. [72] El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park: State historic park Santa Barbara: 5.8 2.3 1966 Preserves components of a Spanish presidio dating back to 1782, [73] now on the NRHP. Emerald Bay State Park ...