Fish Fire (California)
Started on Jul 27, 2026.
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 3 Miles NW from HART FLAT, CA
- Personnel
- 1
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Creeping, Flanking
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Burning across private land in Kern County, California, near the community of Keene and three miles northwest of Hart Flat, the Fish Fire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 300 acres per day over its 14-day span.
The fire has consumed a total of 4,201 acres since it started on July 27, 2026, though firefighting efforts have successfully brought the incident to 100 percent containment with a minimal, creeping, and flanking fire behavior through short grass fuels.
Operations are currently managed as a Type 4 Incident with a single personnel assigned, arriving during a regional fire season that typically runs from June to October, while nationwide statistics show 2,761,076 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a 50% decrease below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in California for 22 days. In total it burned about 4,201 acres — around 17 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,207,126 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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