Wildfires in Kern County

California

🔴 4 active fires

Fire-weather risk today

Extreme

tomorrow: Extreme · steady

Fires in 2026

40 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

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from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Moderate

EAQI 59· PM2.5 21.5 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (California) — not per county. Fire counts, perimeters and areas below are per county, from official records.

Fires by year

First season on record — year-over-year comparisons appear as we accumulate history.

Active fires now

Auxiliary Active › BUZZARD Active › CASSIE Active › FISH Resolving ›

Fire history

Auxiliary · Wildfire 06/08/2026 › BUZZARD · Wildfire 05/08/2026· 6 h › BUZZARD · Wildfire 05/08/2026 › CASSIE · Wildfire 04/08/2026 › BEN · Wildfire 03/08/2026· 73 h › CREST · Wildfire 03/08/2026· 73 h › MCCARTHY · Wildfire 02/08/2026· 72 h › KEL · Wildfire 01/08/2026· 72 h › SHORT · Wildfire 01/08/2026· 73 h › FIDDLER · Wildfire 31/07/2026· 92 h › BITTER · Wildfire 30/07/2026· 75 h › SISTERS · Wildfire 29/07/2026· 72 h › FISH · Wildfire 27/07/2026 › BODFISH · Wildfire 26/07/2026· 73 h › TURN · Wildfire 26/07/2026· 73 h › CLEAR · Wildfire 25/07/2026· 73 h › CROCKER · Wildfire 24/07/2026· 76 h › HILLSIDE · Wildfire 24/07/2026· 73 h › HILLSIDE · Wildfire 24/07/2026· 73 h › EAST · Wildfire 24/07/2026· 73 h ›

Incident records from NIFC/WFIGS (public domain). Fire-weather risk is our own estimate (Canadian FWI on Open-Meteo forecasts), not an official warning — for those see your National Weather Service office. In an emergency call 911.