Hurricane Fire

Wildfire in Kern and San Luis Obispo counties, July 2024

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8520/hurricane-fire-2024

Key facts

Started July 13, 2024
Contained July 17, 2024, after 4 days
Burned 13,279 acres
16th largest fire of 2024
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Kern County 6,933 acres
  2. San Luis Obispo County 6,339 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. 1996 Midway Fire 359 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 1 acre shared
  2. 2003 Midway Fire Cause: Lightning 54 acres shared
  3. 2006 Mocal Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 932 acres shared
  4. 2011 Tupman Fire 134 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 87 acres shared
  5. 2023 Crocker Fire 8 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Hurricane 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