Land cover · Kern County 2025

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Acres by cover type Acres in Kern County % of burned % of Kern County
Forest 986 6.9% 17.4%
Range (shrubland) 7,301 50.9% 41.5%
Grassland 5,359 37.4% 22.5%
Other 689 4.8% 18.6%
Burned in from another county 135 — —
Measured acres in Kern County 14,334 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Kern County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Dogs Fire 4,406 4,406 0 1,541 2,656 209 0
Jaw Fire 4,326 4,328 92 3,359 844 33 0
Little Fire 2,548 2,506 596 1,009 849 52 0
Democrat Fire 895 896 194 121 470 111 0
Fay Fire 648 649 51 548 8 41 0
Hudson Fire 623 610 0 176 250 183 0
Paladino Fire 461 461 0 293 140 28 0
Richbar Fire 158 158 41 32 65 20 0
Fort Fire 133 133 12 48 70 4 0
Frazier Fire 104 105 0 100 0 4 0
Butter Fire 48 48 0 48 0 0 0
Aquaduct Fire 13 14 0 12 0 2 0
Cyrus Fire 1 11 0 6 4 0 0
Assist/Kern/Desert Fire 0 8 0 8 0 0 0
Honolulu 3 Fire 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Springs Fire burned in from Tulare County 1,608 135 (of 1,608) 0 0 135 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
(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 measurement 18 14,518
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 15 14,365
Awaiting a perimeter 2 153
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside Kern County 0 0
Measured acres in Kern County 15 14,334
Measured acres outside Kern County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 14,334
Reported minus measured — 31
Burned in from another county 1 135

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for CA. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-01. 30 m cells.