Cedar Fire

Wildfire in Tulare and Kern counties, August 2016

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7554/cedar-fire-2016

Key facts

Started August 16, 2016
Contained August 16, 2016, after 0 days
Burned 29,101 acres
8th largest fire of 2016
Cause Miscellaneous
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Tulare County 14,746 acres
  2. Kern County 14,350 acres

Communities

  1. Panorama Heights 145 acres
  2. Wofford Heights 69 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. 1914 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 13 acres shared
  2. 1917 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 673 acres shared
  3. 1924 Unnamed fire 12,523 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,385 acres shared
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire 8,603 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 907 acres shared
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 11 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7 acres shared
  6. 1927 Unnamed fire 629 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 262 acres shared
  7. 1928 Unnamed fire 1,879 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 90 acres shared
  8. 1946 Unnamed fire 1,566 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,152 acres shared
  9. 1957 Unnamed fire 379 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 374 acres shared
  10. 1959 Unnamed fire 9,433 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 53 acres shared
  11. 1961 Unnamed fire 1,336 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 71 acres shared
  12. 1990 Stormy Fire 22,883 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 13,805 acres shared
  13. 2002 Mcnally Fire 149,475 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 4 acres shared
  14. 2010 Bull Fire 16,448 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 15 acres shared
  15. 2011 Split Fire 28 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 21 acres shared
  16. 2014 Way Fire 3,882 acres in total 83 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2021 French Fire 26,535 acres in total 453 acres shared
  2. 2021 Windy Fire 97,528 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 446 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Cedar 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