Cat Fire
The Cat Fire was reported on September 19, 2026 in Kern County, California and has burned 3 acres. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 3 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 19, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 35.047, -119.430.
The incident
- Size
- 3 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 19, 2026 at 6:52 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CACND-001578
- IRWIN identifier
- 558CE26F-5493-4501-B3AE-72802BC90D7F
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 5 mph from the northeast
- Relative humidity as low as 25%
- High of 88°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 1.1 µg/m³ around Mon, 1:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 19, 2026 at 8:53 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-CACND-001578.