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Fires Near Bakersfield, CA

Live wildfire tracking around Bakersfield: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

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Fires within 100 mi
74 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Moderate

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Live risk assessment for Bakersfield, CA

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • The nearest zone under a Advisory is about 38 miles away in Kern County.

Evacuation status

Bakersfield, CA is not inside an active evacuation zone, but 9 zones are active within 50 miles:

  • AdvisoryKRN-722-BKern County38 mi away
  • Evacuation OrderPVL-E038Tulare County47 mi away
  • Evacuation OrderPVL-E036Tulare County47 mi away

Zone status from CAL FIRE / Cal OES, refreshed every 5 minutes; every active zone is also shaded on the map below. Zone codes like KRN-722-B are the official identifiers county emergency managers use in alerts. Counties only publish a zone once they activate it, so your address shows a zone code here the moment one applies to it.

There are currently 163 active fires within 300 miles of Bakersfield, CA, including 2 within 25 miles and 52 within 100 miles. None are inside Bakersfield city limits. The most significant is the Alper fire, 74 miles away at 105 acres. In roughly the last 12 hours, dispatch centers logged 1 new fire report within 30 miles of Bakersfield, CA; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is 2 miles away. Reports like these usually appear minutes after the first 911 call. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Bakersfield, CA in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Bakersfield - Golden State Highway monitor is moderate (AQI 58).
Early signal: fresh dispatch activity nearby. Dispatch centers logged 1 new fire report within 30 miles in roughly the last 12 hours; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is about 2 miles away. These logs usually appear minutes after the first 911 call, often before a fire is officially listed. Turn on the Dispatch reports layer on the map below and zoom in to see each one.

House pin: Bakersfield, CA. Bold outline: Bakersfield city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

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Fires by distance

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144 acres
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60K acres
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142K acres

This season vs the last decade

147% of an average year
Burned so far in 202612K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)8.1K acres

So far in 2026, 12K acres have burned within 25 miles of Bakersfield, 147% of the 8.1K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Bakersfield, CA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Bakersfield

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Dome Fire · Grew 228 acres in 24 hours to 4,361 acres

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Highland Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  3. Highland Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  4. Patton Fire · 4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR72, CFR652, T73)

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  5. Timber Fire · Mapped size revised down to 25,341 acres (from 25,513)

    15 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  6. Sandia Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR652, T73)

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  7. Dorado Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR652, T73)

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  8. Alamo Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (LAC20, LAC18)

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  9. LAC-345537 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (LAC20)

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Lopez 2 Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (LAC18, LAC20)

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

Historic fires near Bakersfield

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Thomas
2017
281,893 acres · 65 mi away · 2 deaths
Zaca Two
2007
240,207 acres · 73 mi away
Sqf Complex
2020
174,178 acres · 68 mi away
Day
2006
162,702 acres · 55 mi away
Station
2009
160,577 acres · 90 mi away
Mcnally
2002
150,696 acres · 49 mi away

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