Borel Fire
The Borel Fire was reported on July 24, 2024 in Kern County, California and burned 59,288 acres. It was declared out on April 29, 2025.
- Size
- 59,288 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2024
- Personnel
- 35
Map
Perimeter mapped April 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM PDT, 59,289 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 35.515, -118.684.
The incident
- Size
- 59,288 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2024 at 12:59 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 15, 2024 at 10:24 AM PDT
- Declared out
- April 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 3 miles SW of Lake Isabella
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Kernville
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 35
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $42,618,236
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CASQF-001362
- IRWIN identifier
- 4CB2F74D-51F9-47E3-8CFA-43F75DCB8A26
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 24, 2024 (0 acres) to April 29, 2025 (59,289 acres). The largest one-day growth was 59,361 acres, mapped August 3, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2024 | 0 | |
| July 25, 2024 | 3,092 | +3,092 |
| July 26, 2024 | 31,980 | +28,888 |
| July 27, 2024 | 38,446 | +6,466 |
| July 28, 2024 | 50,126 | +11,680 |
| July 29, 2024 | 57,196 | +7,070 |
| July 30, 2024 | 57,549 | +353 |
| July 31, 2024 | 58,972 | +1,423 |
| August 1, 2024 | 59,390 | +418 |
| August 2, 2024 | 0 | -59,390 |
| August 3, 2024 | 59,361 | +59,361 |
| August 4, 2024 | 59,340 | -21 |
| August 5, 2024 | 59,317 | -23 |
| April 29, 2025 | 59,289 | -28 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bodfish, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Bodfish, CA12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lake Isabella, CA14 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Alta Sierra, CA17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Wofford Heights, CA18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Oildale, CA20 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Bakersfield, CA21 miles southwest 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 May 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM PDT. Identifier 2024-CASQF-001362.