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Active Prescribed Burns

Today’s Prescribed Burns - This information is updated on weekdays by 10:00AM. For daily notifications of Prescribed Burns, download the Smoke Spotter App. Residents of Santa Cruz County can register for CruzAware to receive prescribed burn notifications.

The following prescribed burns are currently scheduled within Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties:

Private Burner, Boulder Creek: Air Curtain Burner & Carbonator
Burn Date: Week of 12/1/25 – 12/7/25
Name of Prescribed Burn Project: 2025-Lower Deadman
Conducted by: Peninsula Open Space Trust / Sempervirens
Purpose: Wildland Vegetation Management
Smoke Management Permit #: 693-2025
Burn Zone: Inland
Location 37.114851, -122.158946
Type of Fuels: Mixed Evergreen Forest
Contact: Nadia Hamey
Burner Contact Info: (831) 426-1658
Private Burner, Davenport: Pile Burns
Burn Date: Week of 12/1/25 – 12/5/25
Name of Prescribed Burn Project: Big Creek Ranch Trust Pile Burning
Conducted by: Haley Molinar, Big Creek Ranch Trust
Purpose: Wildland Vegetation Management
Smoke Management Permit #: 691-2025
Burn Zone: Coastal
Location 37.0797, -122.2292
Type of Fuels: Coast Range Mixed Coniferous Forest
Contact: Steve Webb
Burner Contact Info: (831) 457-6382
Private Burner, Paicines / Pinnacles: Burn Bot
Burn Date: 12/2/25 – 12/4/25
Name of Prescribed Burn Project: Stone Canyon RX2 Testing
Conducted by: Alexis Nelson, Burn Bot
Purpose: Training
Smoke Management Permit #: 680-2025
Burn Zone: Inland
Location 36.63639, -121.23194
Type of Fuels: grass
Contact: Kurtis Durnall
Burner Contact Info: (509) 740-1499

 

Prescribed Fire Information Reporting System (PFIRS)

PFIRS was developed and is maintained by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and is a tool used by air districts, land management agencies, and individuals that conduct prescribed burning in California.

Use the map below to find current prescribed fires or Click Here.