Bodfish Fire

Wildfire in Kern County, July 1984

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/3834/bodfish-fire-1984

Key facts

Started July 7, 1984
Contained July 14, 1984, after 7 days
Burned 26,709 acres
Largest fire of 1984
Cause Debris burning
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Where it burned

County

  1. Kern County 26,709 acres

Communities

  1. Weldon 2,355 acres
  2. Bodfish 1,288 acres
  3. Lake Isabella 849 acres
  4. Squirrel Mountain Valley 590 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1920 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 512 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 13,172 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 118 acres shared
  3. 1942 Unnamed fire 26,979 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 14,210 acres shared
  4. 1942 Unnamed fire 25,219 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 8,979 acres shared
  5. 1951 Unnamed fire 368 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 85 acres shared
  6. 1963 Bodfish Oaks Fire 569 acres in total 44 acres shared
  7. 1969 Unnamed fire 213 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 164 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1989 Unnamed fire 83 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 81 acres shared
  2. 1990 Sandbag Fire Cause: Lightning 110 acres shared
  3. 1993 Cook Fire 445 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 418 acres shared
  4. 1995 Erskine Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 76 acres shared
  5. 1996 Cook Fire 616 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 178 acres shared
  6. 1997 Erskin Fire Cause: Equipment use 45 acres shared
  7. 2008 Piute Fire 37,346 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,166 acres shared
  8. 2012 South Fire 246 acres in total 183 acres shared
  9. 2016 Erskine Fire 48,008 acres in total 10,693 acres shared
  10. 2017 Lakewood Fire 40 acres in total 39 acres shared
  11. 2019 Mesa Fire 226 acres shared
  12. 2022 Mesa Fire 222 acres shared
  13. 2024 Borel Fire 59,289 acres in total 371 acres shared

And 5 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Bodfish Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data