Alper Fire
The Alper Fire was reported on August 23, 2026 in Kern County, California and has burned 105 acres.
- Size
- 105 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 23, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 35.086, -117.763.
The incident
- Size
- 105 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 23, 2026 at 4:43 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CACDD-010943
- IRWIN identifier
- 2FF7914D-001F-4B05-BF28-F5C92538DF41
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 5 mph from the east-southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 8%
- High of 92°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.6 µg/m³ around Sun, 8:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- North Edwards, CA6 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Boron, CA9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- California City, CA13 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Edwards Air Force Base, CA15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mojave, CA23 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Rosamond, CA27 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 September 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-CACDD-010943.