East Fire
The East Fire was reported on August 1, 2023 in Kern County, California and burned 1,540 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,540 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2023
- Personnel
- 204
Map
Perimeter mapped August 1, 2023 at 7:32 PM PDT, 1,291 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 35.522, -118.897.
The incident
- Size
- 1,540 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2023 at 2:32 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Choctaw Valley north east of Bakersfield, CA
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Bakersfield
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 204
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-CAKRN-035760
- IRWIN identifier
- E3496E18-73E9-4C83-BA88-2A0805CC469E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oildale, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Oildale, CA10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bakersfield, CA12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Greenacres, CA15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Rosedale, CA17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lamont, CA18 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Greenfield, CA18 miles south of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2023 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 2, 2023 at 5:41 PM PDT. Identifier 2023-CAKRN-035760.