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 3 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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