Rock Fire
The Rock Fire was reported on July 20, 2026 in Inyo County, California and burned 12,008 acres. It was fully contained on August 11, 2026.
- Size
- 12,008 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2026
- Personnel
- 271
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 July 22, 2026 at 11:07 AM PDT, 11,737 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 36.917, -118.241.
The incident
- Size
- 12,008 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 10 Miles N from Independence, CA
- County
- Inyo County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Independence
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 271
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,717,616
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CABDU-011136
- IRWIN identifier
- 4D14BE09-9B6D-4656-8CE9-F9145290CDA5
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 22, 2026 (11,635 acres) to July 28, 2026 (11,737 acres). The largest one-day growth was 208 acres, mapped July 23, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2026 | 11,635 | |
| July 23, 2026 | 11,843 | +208 |
| July 24, 2026 | 11,974 | +131 |
| July 25, 2026 | 12,008 | +34 |
| July 28, 2026 | 11,737 | -271 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Independence, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Independence, CA8 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Big Pine, CA17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lone Pine, CA24 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bishop, CA32 miles north of the fire’s origin
- West Bishop, CA33 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA34 miles north 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 16, 2026 at 7:36 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-CABDU-011136.