Wildfires in Kern County

California

🔴 2 active fires

Fire-weather risk today

Very high

tomorrow: Extreme · rising ↑

Fires in 2026

90 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

368 ha

from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Moderate

EAQI 40· PM2.5 13.5 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (cell-35:-119) — 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

GRAN Active › ALPER Active ›

Fire history

GRAN · Wildfire 20/09/2026 › CAT · Wildfire 19/09/2026· 32 h › REL · Wildfire 14/09/2026· 74 h › BURLANDO · Wildfire 14/09/2026· 2 h › ROCKY · Wildfire 12/09/2026· 163 h › WOODS · Wildfire 12/09/2026· 73 h › LAC-324253 · Wildfire 09/09/2026· 72 h › BROOM · Wildfire 08/09/2026· 73 h › SEARLES · Wildfire 07/09/2026· 15 h › SCENIC · Wildfire 06/09/2026· 75 h › AIRPORT · Wildfire 06/09/2026· 1 h › PETROL · Wildfire 05/09/2026· 17 h › MTZ/KERN/DOVE · Wildfire 04/09/2026· 330 h › DOVE · Wildfire 04/09/2026· 91 h › ADDIE · Wildfire 03/09/2026· 72 h › KNIGHT · Wildfire 03/09/2026· 73 h › TRIANGLE · Wildfire 02/09/2026· 73 h › ROSE · Wildfire 01/09/2026· 91 h › HILLCREST · Wildfire 31/08/2026· 72 h › FLOOD · Wildfire 30/08/2026· 72 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.