Burn severity · Kern County 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Kern County
Unburned to very low 191 259 354 242 0 1,046
Low 162 1,790 1,730 416 0 4,098
Moderate low 244 2,605 2,842 767 0 6,456
Moderate high 94 2,312 3,130 856 0 6,392
High 46 2,669 7,824 2,033 0 12,572
Assessed acres in Kern County 736 9,635 15,879 4,315 0 30,565
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Kern County Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Lost Fire 7,834 7,831 193 349 787 1,669 4,832
Fish Fire 4,201 4,207 196 972 1,470 864 706
River Fire 3,535 3,537 91 924 1,452 741 328
Rowlee Fire 2,520 2,520 (of 2,521) 234 142 274 495 1,375
Tower Fire 2,468 2,469 101 133 297 437 1,500
Canyon Fire 2,278 1,892 23 127 402 956 384
Neuralia Fire 1,196 1,196 22 610 563 2 0
Neurilia Fire 1,196 1,196 22 610 563 2 0
Buzzard Fire 902 894 29 47 105 143 571
Wyly Fire 1,075 846 6 35 102 200 502
Brite Fire 665 666 1 27 90 205 342
Dog Fire 556 555 3 13 45 87 407
Lost Fire 530 539 0 1 4 23 511
Star Fire 577 504 0 5 72 100 326
Ranch Fire 342 344 6 3 14 108 213
Wood Fire 469 287 0 5 17 52 212
Pierce Fire 192 191 1 10 19 41 120
Sheep Springs Fire 170 170 0 4 33 91 42
Cassie Fire 160 144 1 4 39 77 23
Gibson Fire 138 138 2 19 34 17 66
Training Fire 239 109 109 0 0 0 0
Alfred-Harris Fire 107 108 1 13 26 28 40
North Fire 25 89 0 8 17 26 38
Petroleum Fire 0 37 0 8 10 10 8
Desert Fire 30 32 0 5 17 9 0
Field Fire 16 17 0 0 1 4 12
Blue Fire 15 15 0 0 0 4 12
House Fire 11 12 0 10 1 0 0
Sandy Fire 186 10 3 6 1 0 0
Krn/Big Fire 0 8 1 6 1 0 0
Hudson Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Crocker Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
College Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Antelope Fire burned in from San Luis Obispo County 2,410 317 (of 2,414) 1 36 109 104 66
Scofield Fire burned in from Tulare County 476 273 (of 479) 0 1 8 14 249
Isaac Fire burned in from another county 120 101 101 0 0 0 0
Cotton Fire burned in from another county 120 80 3 9 22 36 10
Macy Fire burned in from Los Angeles County 1,194 1 (of 1,193) 0 0 1 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
(38)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Poly Incident Name Fire 123,456 — Assessment errors (3)
Pistachio Fire 1,301 — Awaiting a perimeter
Cyrus Fire 450 — Awaiting a perimeter
Cyprus Fire 327 — Awaiting clear imagery
Redrock Fire 283 — Awaiting a perimeter
Willow Fire 263 — Awaiting a perimeter
Irone Fire 205 — Awaiting a perimeter
Rowlee Fire 205 — Awaiting a perimeter
Sherwood Fire 163 — Awaiting a perimeter
Walker Fire 138 — Awaiting a perimeter
Taft Fire 132 — Awaiting a perimeter
Dove Fire 125 — Awaiting a perimeter
Crossing Fire 111 — Awaiting a perimeter
Alper Fire 109 — Awaiting a perimeter
Line Fire 96 — Awaiting a perimeter
Baker Fire 95 — Awaiting a perimeter
South Fire 85 — Awaiting a perimeter
Fiddler Fire 83 — Awaiting a perimeter
Border Fire 81 — Awaiting a perimeter
Grapevine Fire 56 — Awaiting a perimeter
Pond Fire 50 — Awaiting a perimeter
King Fire 48 — Awaiting a perimeter
Famoso Fire 47 — Awaiting a perimeter
Havilah Fire 31 — Awaiting a perimeter
Inyo Fire 25 — Awaiting a perimeter
General Fire 25 — Awaiting a perimeter
Bucknell Fire 25 — Awaiting a perimeter
Chance Fire 25 — Awaiting a perimeter
Rose Fire 25 — Awaiting a perimeter
Snake Fire 20 — Awaiting a perimeter
Bear Fire 20 — Awaiting a perimeter
Canyon Fire 17 — Awaiting a perimeter
Triangle Fire 15 — Awaiting a perimeter
Knight FIre 11 — Awaiting a perimeter
Wesley Fire 3 — Awaiting a perimeter
Rocky Fire 1 — Awaiting a perimeter
Mtz/Krn/Felspar Fire 0 — Awaiting a perimeter
Mtz/Krn/44 A Fire 0 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 71 159,786
Offered to assessment 71 159,786
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 33 31,634
Awaiting a perimeter 36 4,369
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 1 327
Assessment errors 1 123,456
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Kern County 0 0
Assessed acres in Kern County 33 30,565
Assessed acres outside Kern County — 1
Whole perimeter acres — 30,566
Burned in from another county 5 771

Generated 2026-10-07 05:15 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 2026-10-07 05:15 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for CA. 30 m cells.