Stagecoach Fire

Wildfire in Kern County, August 2020

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8102/stagecoach-fire-2020

Key facts

Started August 3, 2020
Contained August 3, 2020, after 0 days
Burned 7,751 acres
36th largest fire of 2020
Cause Not recorded
Buildings 31 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Where it burned

County

  1. Kern County 7,748 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.

Buildings damaged

  1. Destroyed Over 50% damaged 31
  2. Minor damage 10 to 25% damaged 1
  3. Affected Up to 10% damaged 3

Buildings CAL FIRE inspected after the fire, by how badly each was damaged. Inspectors record homes, businesses and outbuildings within 100 meters of the fire, and cannot always reach every one, so the counts can differ slightly from other reports.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1921 Unnamed fire 221 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 132 acres shared
  2. 1926 Unnamed fire 203 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 106 acres shared
  3. 1942 Unnamed fire 812 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 635 acres shared
  4. 1966 Breckenridge Fire 5,322 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 437 acres shared
  5. 2004 Piute Fire 12 acres in total 1 acre shared
  6. 2008 Piute Fire 37,346 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 733 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2024 Borel Fire 59,289 acres in total 4,071 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Stagecoach 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