Highway Fire
The Highway Fire was reported on June 18, 2017 in Kern County, California and burned 1,522 acres. It was declared out on August 15, 2017.
- Size
- 1,522 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- June 18, 2017
- Personnel
- 57
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.572, -118.582.
The incident
- Size
- 1,522 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- June 18, 2017 at 2:22 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 25, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- June 30, 2017 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- August 15, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- HW 178 WEST OF LAKE ISABELLA
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- LAKE ISABELLA
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 57
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CASQF-001223
- IRWIN identifier
- FFB2F550-7748-45D7-B475-B7C1D9E45BD1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bodfish, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Bodfish, CA5 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lake Isabella, CA7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Alta Sierra, CA11 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Wofford Heights, CA12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Kernville, CA15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Weldon, CA18 miles east 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 August 29, 2017 at 5:45 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-CASQF-001223.