Canyon Fire
The Canyon Fire was reported on May 7, 2026 in Kern County, California and burned 2,278 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,278 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 7, 2026
- Personnel
- 67
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped May 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM PDT, 2,000 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 35.505, -117.859.
The incident
- Size
- 2,278 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 7, 2026 at 11:03 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 10 Miles W from RIDGECREST, CA
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- RIDGECREST
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 67
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CACDD-007101
- IRWIN identifier
- 64EABB0F-3EA8-47F3-BC7F-19750DF7E579
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from May 7, 2026 (2,000 acres) to May 8, 2026 (2,000 acres).
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 2,000 | |
| May 8, 2026 | 2,000 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Inyokern, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Inyokern, CA10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- China Lake Acres, CA11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Ridgecrest, CA13 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Weldon, CA27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- California City, CA27 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Searles Valley, CA31 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 May 23, 2026 at 9:42 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-CACDD-007101.