Acres by severity and land cover
Forest
Range (shrubland)
Grassland
Other
Unclassified
Acres in Kern County
Unburned to very low
50
4,119
3,677
474
0
8,320
Low
178
2,027
952
96
0
3,253
Moderate low
238
659
461
73
0
1,431
Moderate high
278
268
226
32
0
804
High
242
228
43
14
0
526
Assessed acres in Kern County
986
7,301
5,359
689
0
14,334
Severity by fire
Fire
Reported acres
Acres in Kern County
Unburned to very low
Low
Moderate low
Moderate high
High
Dogs Fire
4,406
4,406
4,260
68
52
20
6
Jaw Fire
4,326
4,328
2,660
1,548
88
21
11
Little Fire
2,548
2,506
41
893
722
395
456
Democrat Fire
895
896
19
163
362
320
32
Fay Fire
648
649
152
305
134
38
19
Hudson Fire
623
610
603
7
0
0
0
Paladino Fire
461
461
454
4
2
0
0
Richbar Fire
158
158
47
111
0
0
0
Fort Fire
133
133
5
97
30
0
0
Frazier Fire
104
105
4
50
41
9
1
Butter Fire
48
48
48
0
0
0
0
Aquaduct Fire
13
14
14
0
0
0
0
Cyrus Fire
1
11
11
0
0
0
0
Assist/Kern/Desert Fire
0
8
1
6
0
0
0
Honolulu 3 Fire
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
Springs Fire
burned in from Tulare County
1,608
135
(of 1,608)
9
38
47
42
0
Show all 16 fires
Fires awaiting assessment
(3)
Fire
Reported acres
Whole perimeter acres
Reason
Lierly Fire
139
—
Awaiting a perimeter
Aqueduct Fire
14
—
Awaiting a perimeter
Cow Fire
0
—
Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line
Fires
Acres
Counted fires
18
14,518
Offered to assessment
18
14,518
Complex roll-up residue
—
0
Fires with severity acres
15
14,365
Awaiting a perimeter
2
153
Awaiting assessment
0
0
Awaiting clear imagery
0
0
Assessment errors
0
0
Smaller than one cell
1
0
Every cell outside Kern County
0
0
Assessed acres in Kern County
15
14,334
Assessed acres outside Kern County
—
0
Whole perimeter acres
—
14,334
Burned in from another county
1
135
Generated 2026-09-17 19:25 UTC.
Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.
Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-09-17 19:25 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for CA. 30 m cells.