United States

Wildfires in Kern, United States

Right now

No wildfires recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 33 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

12, recorded here, since 7 May 2026

No events recorded in the last 30 days. Most recent: 6 August 2026 (68 days ago).

The 11th strongest of the 12 recorded here since 7 May 2026.

By month

  • February 20245 detections
  • March 202424 detections
  • April 202435 detections
  • May 202453 detections
  • June 202460 detections
  • July 20242166 detections
  • August 2024237 detections
  • September 202426 detections
  • October 202458 detections
  • November 202423 detections
  • December 202411 detections
  • January 20256 detections
  • February 202517 detections
  • March 202534 detections
  • April 202537 detections
  • May 2025102 detections
  • June 202566 detections
  • July 202548 detections
  • August 202539 detections
  • September 202519 detections
  • October 202516 detections
  • November 202513 detections
  • December 202511 detections
  • January 202611 detections
  • February 202625 detections
  • May 20264
  • June 20262
  • July 20264
  • August 20262

May 2026 is the most active month of the 4 in our series here, with 4 events.

The months before live collection count satellite fire detections imported from the NASA FIRMS archive, one for each cell of about 110 m on each day, not fires: they cannot be compared with the months after.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

Other areas

Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

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