Neuralia Fire
The Neuralia Fire was reported on May 13, 2026 in Kern County, California and burned 1,196 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,196 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 13, 2026
- Personnel
- 25
Map
Perimeter mapped May 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM PDT, 0 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 35.236, -117.986.
The incident
- Size
- 1,196 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5 Miles N from CALIFORNIA CITY, CA
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- CALIFORNIA CITY
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 25
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CACDD-007308
- IRWIN identifier
- 5BE7B8CC-2C09-4F31-BF3B-5F1D26D5ADCD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for California City, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- California City, CA8 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Mojave, CA17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- North Edwards, CA17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Edwards Air Force Base, CA22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Boron, CA25 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Tehachapi, CA27 miles west of the fire’s origin
California wildfires today Wildfires of 2026 All current fires
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 26, 2026 at 12:06 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-CACDD-007308.