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Quail

Kern, CA ยท Undetermined

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

1

Acres Burned

1

Days Burning

Sep 24, 2026

Discovered

1d ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Bright Star Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CA

13.9 mi

E

Kiavah Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CA

23.6 mi

NE

Kiavah Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

24.5 mi

NE

Domeland Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

34.5 mi

NE

Domeland Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CA

34.6 mi

NE

El Paso Mountains Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CA

34.8 mi

E

Owens Peak Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CA

34.8 mi

NE

Chimney Peak Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CA

35.9 mi

NE

Sequoia National Forest

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National Forest / CA

40.9 mi

N

Sacatar Trail Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CA

44.7 mi

NE

South Sierra Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

53 mi

N

Golden Valley Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CA

55.1 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

QUAIL mapped at 1 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 24

Interagency perimeter data shows the QUAIL at 1 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 24Now

1 day since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 565f22e7-ffa9-4ef5-b2a8-6dd0061d86a6

Important

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