Bull Fire

Wildfire in Tulare and Kern counties, July 2010

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6929/bull-fire-2010

Key facts

Started July 25, 2010
Contained July 31, 2010, after 6 days
Burned 16,448 acres
Largest fire of 2010
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Tulare County 12,979 acres
  2. Kern County 3,467 acres

Community

  1. Kernville 1,668 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. 1924 Unnamed fire 8,603 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,583 acres shared
  2. 1924 Unnamed fire 12,523 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,144 acres shared
  3. 1924 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 229 acres shared
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 22 acres shared
  5. 1935 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 364 acres shared
  6. 1942 Unnamed fire 19,833 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 8,798 acres shared
  7. 1942 Unnamed fire 23,910 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 327 acres shared
  8. 1959 Unnamed fire 9,433 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 101 acres shared
  9. 1964 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 743 acres shared
  10. 1969 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 1,163 acres shared
  11. 1969 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 450 acres shared
  12. 1981 Unnamed fire 30 acres in total · Cause: Arson 29 acres shared
  13. 1981 Unnamed fire Cause: Playing with fire 22 acres shared
  14. 1983 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 105 acres shared
  15. 1990 Stormy Fire 22,883 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,344 acres shared
  16. 2003 Chico Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 25 acres shared
  17. 2003 Halfway Fire Cause: Lightning 34 acres shared
  18. 2007 Goldledge Fire 4,196 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 27 acres shared
  19. 2009 Corral Fire 136 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 58 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2017 Bell Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 107 acres shared

And 7 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Bull 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