Ridge Fire
The Ridge Fire was reported on August 7, 2026 in Los Angeles County, California and burned 1,134 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,134 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2026
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeter mapped August 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM PDT, 1,108 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.791, -118.830.
The incident
- Size
- 1,134 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2026 at 2:43 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 25 Miles S from Bakersfield, CA
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Gorman
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CALAC-278844
- IRWIN identifier
- BAF0D8B7-48FA-43F7-A249-349644693C63
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 7, 2026 (1,057 acres) to August 9, 2026 (1,108 acres). The largest one-day growth was 51 acres, mapped August 8, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2026 | 1,057 | |
| August 8, 2026 | 1,108 | +51 |
| August 9, 2026 | 1,108 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lebec, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lebec, CA4 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Frazier Park, CA7 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Pine Mountain Club, CA19 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Stallion Springs, CA23 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Castaic, CA24 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Val Verde, CA26 miles south 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 August 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-CALAC-278844.