Rancho Fire
The Rancho Fire was reported on July 13, 2024 in Kern County, California and burned 9,950 acres. It is 98 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 9,950 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2024
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeter mapped July 13, 2024 at 7:29 PM PDT, 9,637 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 35.059, -118.753.
The incident
- Size
- 9,950 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2024 at 2:29 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Southeast of Arvin
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Tehachapi
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 1 Team, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,932,708
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CAKRN-031290
- IRWIN identifier
- 87C660D3-0345-4FC9-AC5E-A223C89E45D3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Stallion Springs, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Stallion Springs, CA7 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Bear Valley Springs, CA10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Arvin, CA11 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Weedpatch, CA15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Golden Hills, CA16 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lebec, CA16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2024 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 July 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM PDT. Identifier 2024-CAKRN-031290.