Sheep Springs Fire
The Sheep Springs Fire was reported on March 27, 2026 in Kern County, California and burned 171 acres. It was declared out on April 1, 2026.
- Size
- 171 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- March 27, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped April 23, 2026 at 10:30 AM PDT, 0 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 35.501, -117.762.
The incident
- Size
- 171 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- March 27, 2026 at 1:28 PM PDT
- Contained
- March 30, 2026 at 1:45 PM PDT
- Controlled
- April 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM PDT
- Declared out
- April 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 4 Incident
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CACDD-005641
- IRWIN identifier
- 0D09746F-50AF-4297-8A94-753AD590BFD5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for China Lake Acres, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- China Lake Acres, CA10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Ridgecrest, CA10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Inyokern, CA10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Searles Valley, CA27 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- California City, CA29 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Weldon, CA32 miles west 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 April 23, 2026 at 10:30 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-CACDD-005641.