Piute Fire

Wildfire in Kern County, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6712/piute-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 28, 2008
Contained July 30, 2008, after 32 days
Burned 37,346 acres
7th largest fire of 2008
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

County

  1. Kern County 37,346 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. 1918 Unnamed fire 748 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 574 acres shared
  2. 1921 Unnamed fire 221 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 120 acres shared
  3. 1923 Unnamed fire 334 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 322 acres shared
  4. 1926 Unnamed fire 203 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 95 acres shared
  5. 1935 Unnamed fire 1,069 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 189 acres shared
  6. 1939 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 37 acres shared
  7. 1942 Unnamed fire 25,219 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,465 acres shared
  8. 1942 Unnamed fire 7,559 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 88 acres shared
  9. 1942 Unnamed fire 26,979 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 80 acres shared
  10. 1974 Unnamed fire 40 acres in total · Cause: Arson 33 acres shared
  11. 1984 Bodfish Fire 26,709 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 1,166 acres shared
  12. 1990 Sandbag Fire 110 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 98 acres shared
  13. 1990 Steve Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 70 acres shared
  14. 2000 King Fire 5,106 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 178 acres shared
  15. 2006 Bright Fire Cause: Lightning 19 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2016 Erskine Fire 48,008 acres in total 11,553 acres shared
  2. 2020 Stagecoach Fire 7,751 acres in total 733 acres shared
  3. 2021 Dry Fire 32 acres in total 31 acres shared
  4. 2021 Peak Fire 2,097 acres in total 44 acres shared
  5. 2024 Borel Fire 59,289 acres in total 1,537 acres shared

And 10 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Piute 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