Shell Fire
The Shell Fire was reported on June 27, 2021 in Kern County, California and burned 1,984 acres. It is 90 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,984 acres
- Contained
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 27, 2021
- Personnel
- 21
Map
Perimeter mapped June 28, 2021 at 6:30 AM PDT, 1,700 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.948, -118.927.
The incident
- Size
- 1,984 acres
- Containment
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 27, 2021 at 1:07 PM PDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- South of Metler on the east side of I-5
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-CAKRN-029463
- IRWIN identifier
- DE2D736E-66E1-4436-A314-1197C122B70D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lebec, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lebec, CA8 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Frazier Park, CA9 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Pine Mountain Club, CA14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Stallion Springs, CA19 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Arvin, CA19 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Weedpatch, CA20 miles north 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 June 30, 2021 at 6:12 PM PDT. Identifier 2021-CAKRN-029463.