Caldwell Fire
The Caldwell Fire was reported on September 1, 2017 in Kern County, California and burned 1,319 acres. It was declared out on October 6, 2017.
- Size
- 1,319 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2017
- Personnel
- 20
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.756, -118.403.
The incident
- Size
- 1,319 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2017 at 2:37 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 5, 2017 at 1:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 8, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 6, 2017 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- Kernville Ca.
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 20
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CASQF-002435
- IRWIN identifier
- 19EEA544-2FCA-4D65-AA71-3612BEF4C529
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Kernville, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Kernville, CA1 mile west of the fire’s origin
- Wofford Heights, CA5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Alta Sierra, CA9 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Weldon, CA9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Lake Isabella, CA10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Bodfish, CA13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 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 October 11, 2017 at 7:55 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-CASQF-002435.