Tassajara Fire

{{Short description|2015 wildfire in Central California}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox wildfire

| title = Tassajara Fire

| image =Tassajara Fire2015.jpg

| caption = View from UC Santa Cruz of the Tassajara Fire

| cost =

| fatalities = 1 civilian

| injuries =

| reference = {{cite web|title=Tassajara Fire|url=http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=1227|website=CAL FIRE|access-date=September 20, 2015|archive-date=September 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921122409/http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=1227|url-status=dead}}

| date = {{Unbulleted list|{{Start date|2015|09|12}} – |{{End date|2015|09|27}}}}

| location = Santa Lucia Range,
Monterey County,
California

| coordinates = {{coord|36.3699644|-121.589554|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = USA California Northern

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| area = {{Convert|1086|acre|km2|0}}

| buildings = {{ubl|12 structures|8 outbuildings}}

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The Tassajara Fire was a wildfire that started on September 20, 2015, in the Santa Lucia Range, in Monterey County, California.

The fire swiftly burned {{Convert|1086|acre|km2|0}} of land in a rural, residential area near the Los Padres Forest, including 12 homes and numerous outbuildings.

It was contained a week later on September 27.

The smoke plume was visible throughout the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley regions.