Owens Fire
The Owens Fire was reported on May 1, 2021 in Kern County, California and burned 1,512 acres. It was declared out on May 9, 2021. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,512 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 1, 2021
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 May 1, 2021 at 7:02 PM PDT, 797 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 35.712, -117.916.
The incident
- Size
- 1,512 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 1, 2021 at 2:02 PM PDT
- Contained
- May 6, 2021 at 5:30 PM PDT
- Controlled
- May 9, 2021 at 9:50 AM PDT
- Declared out
- May 9, 2021 at 9:50 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause, Other, Unknown
- Location
- 7 MILES NORTH WEST OF INYOKERN, CA
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $375,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CACDD-007393
- IRWIN identifier
- 5772D343-40DD-45A9-8F88-7ABDD560A165
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Inyokern, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Inyokern, CA7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- China Lake Acres, CA10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ridgecrest, CA15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Weldon, CA21 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Kernville, CA29 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Searles Valley, CA29 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 August 23, 2021 at 2:32 PM PDT. Identifier 2021-CACDD-007393.