Land cover · Kern County 2026

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Acres by cover type Acres in Kern County % of burned % of Kern County
Forest 736 2.2% 17.4%
Range (shrubland) 11,618 35.4% 41.5%
Grassland 16,172 49.2% 22.5%
Other 4,325 13.2% 18.6%
Burned in from another county 771 — —
Measured acres in Kern County 32,851 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Kern County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Lost Fire 7,834 7,831 1 1,905 2,515 3,409 0
Fish Fire 4,201 4,207 337 657 3,119 95 0
River Fire 3,535 3,537 162 337 2,767 271 0
Rowlee Fire 2,520 2,520 (of 2,521) 172 630 1,579 140 0
Tower Fire 2,468 2,469 2 841 1,596 30 0
Poly Incident Name Fire 123,456 1,958 0 1,676 282 1 0
Canyon Fire 2,278 1,892 0 1,616 277 0 0
Neuralia Fire 1,196 1,196 0 1,152 18 26 0
Neurilia Fire 1,196 1,196 0 1,152 18 26 0
Buzzard Fire 902 894 31 144 681 39 0
Wyly Fire 1,075 846 1 18 798 29 0
Brite Fire 665 666 0 311 280 74 0
Dog Fire 556 555 0 34 499 22 0
Lost Fire 530 539 2 64 470 3 0
Star Fire 577 504 2 82 419 0 0
Ranch Fire 342 344 0 5 339 1 0
Cyprus Fire 327 328 1 307 11 9 0
Wood Fire 469 287 8 26 248 5 0
Pierce Fire 192 191 0 172 2 17 0
Sheep Springs Fire 170 170 0 167 3 0 0
Cassie Fire 160 144 11 67 64 1 0
Gibson Fire 138 138 0 30 105 2 0
Training Fire 239 109 0 33 0 76 0
Alfred-Harris Fire 107 108 0 60 48 1 0
North Fire 25 89 0 74 6 10 0
Petroleum Fire 0 37 0 17 6 14 0
Desert Fire 30 32 0 14 0 17 0
Field Fire 16 17 0 12 4 1 0
Blue Fire 15 15 0 0 13 2 0
House Fire 11 12 0 10 0 2 0
Sandy Fire 186 10 6 2 1 0 0
Krn/Big Fire 0 8 0 4 1 3 0
Hudson Fire 1 1 0 0 0 1 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) 18 71 214 14 0
Scofield Fire burned in from Tulare County 476 273 (of 479) 3 6 262 1 0
Isaac Fire burned in from another county 120 101 0 33 0 68 0
Cotton Fire burned in from another county 120 80 1 39 38 3 0
Macy Fire burned in from Los Angeles County 1,194 1 (of 1,193) 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
(36)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Pistachio Fire 1,301 — Awaiting a perimeter
Cyrus Fire 450 — Awaiting a perimeter
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 measurement 71 159,786
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 35 155,417
Awaiting a perimeter 36 4,369
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Kern County 0 0
Measured acres in Kern County 35 32,851
Measured acres outside Kern County — 1
Whole perimeter acres — 32,852
Reported minus measured — 122,565
Burned in from another county 5 771

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for CA. Land cover tabulated through 2026-10-09. 30 m cells.