Cedar Fire
The Cedar Fire was reported on August 16, 2016 in Kern County, California and burned 29,322 acres. It was declared out on December 8, 2016.
- Size
- 29,322 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2016
- Personnel
- 146
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.745, -118.584.
The incident
- Size
- 29,322 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2016 at 4:29 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 10, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 8, 2016 at 12:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Wildfire
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Alta Sierra
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 146
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $58,446,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-CASQF-002595
- IRWIN identifier
- 59E7B803-DE13-4D24-942A-280E60B96089
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Alta Sierra, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Alta Sierra, CA2 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Wofford Heights, CA8 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Kernville, CA9 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lake Isabella, CA11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bodfish, CA12 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Weldon, CA17 miles east of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 8, 2016 at 2:30 PM PST. Identifier 2016-CASQF-002595.