French Fire
The French Fire was reported on August 18, 2021 in Kern County, California and burned 26,535 acres. It was declared out on December 15, 2021.
- Size
- 26,535 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2021
- Personnel
- 8
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
Perimeter mapped March 11, 2023 at 9:11 AM PST, 26,535 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 35.687, -118.550.
The incident
- Size
- 26,535 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2021 at 4:25 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 18, 2021 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 15, 2021 at 3:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 30 miles NE of Bakersfield
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- LAKE ISABELLA
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $65,712,916
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CACND-002796
- IRWIN identifier
- 7E9BE942-1E0A-4350-9650-F71A3D17EB10
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, CA3 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Wofford Heights, CA5 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lake Isabella, CA6 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bodfish, CA8 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Kernville, CA8 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Weldon, CA15 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 28, 2021 at 10:15 AM PST. Identifier 2021-CACND-002796.