Erskine Fire
The Erskine Fire was reported on June 23, 2016 in Kern County, California and burned 48,019 acres. It was declared out on August 1, 2016.
- Size
- 48,019 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- June 23, 2016
- Personnel
- 52
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.613, -118.466.
The incident
- Size
- 48,019 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- June 23, 2016 at 3:57 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 7, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 1, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 52
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $23,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-CACND-001415
- IRWIN identifier
- 196A02EC-DCC8-426E-BEF3-ED0B356D01D5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lake Isabella, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lake Isabella, CAUnder a mile northwest of the fire’s origin
- Bodfish, CA2 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Wofford Heights, CA6 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Alta Sierra, CA10 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Kernville, CA10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Weldon, CA11 miles east of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated August 12, 2016 at 11:16 AM PDT. Identifier 2016-CACND-001415.