Jaw Fire
The Jaw Fire was reported on May 19, 2025 in Kern County, California and burned 4,327 acres. It was declared out on June 1, 2025.
- Size
- 4,327 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 19, 2025
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeter mapped September 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM PDT, 0 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 35.316, -118.231.
The incident
- Size
- 4,327 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM PDT
- Controlled
- June 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM PDT
- Declared out
- June 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- JAWBONE CANYON
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $910,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CACDD-008099
- IRWIN identifier
- A9F7E438-DCA3-4844-B26F-ADDAEE316240
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tehachapi, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Tehachapi, CA18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mojave, CA18 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Golden Hills, CA19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- California City, CA19 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bodfish, CA24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Weldon, CA24 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 September 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM PDT. Identifier 2025-CACDD-008099.