Democrat Fire
The Democrat Fire was reported on May 18, 2025 in Kern County, California and burned 895 acres. It was declared out on October 4, 2025.
- Size
- 895 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 18, 2025
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeter mapped December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM PST, 895 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 35.480, -118.711.
The incident
- Size
- 895 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM PDT
- Contained
- May 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Lower Kern River Canyon
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Bakersfield
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CASQF-000408
- IRWIN identifier
- 7A023777-2584-44FB-B42B-F24DAD0DAC4A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bodfish, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Bodfish, CA14 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lake Isabella, CA16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Oildale, CA18 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Bakersfield, CA19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lamont, CA19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Alta Sierra, CA19 miles northeast 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 December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM PST. Identifier 2025-CASQF-000408.