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Fire hazard severity zones in Kern County
49.3% of Kern County is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 30.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Very High zone12.4% of the area
High zone17.6%
Moderate zone19.3%
Earthquake fault zone1.4%
Liquefaction zone0.0%
Landslide zone0.0%
Not evaluated for seismic hazards100.0%: a zero above proves nothing there
Fires recorded since 19501,181
Land area8,164.8 sq mi
Median home value (2019-2023)$310,600
Flood and dam zonesnot covered
Cities and places in Kern County
- Alta Sierra (69%)
- Arvin (0%)
- Bakersfield (4%)
- Bakersfield Country Club (0%)
- Bear Valley Springs (98%)
- Benton Park (0%)
- Bodfish (56%)
- Boron (0%)
- Buttonwillow (0%)
- California City (0%)
- Casa Loma (0%)
- Cherokee Strip (0%)
- China Lake Acres (0%)
- Choctaw Valley (8%)
- Cottonwood (0%)
- Delano (0%)
- Derby Acres (70%)
- Di Giorgio (0%)
- Dustin Acres (74%)
- East Bakersfield (0%)
- East Niles (0%)
- Edison (0%)
- Edmundson Acres (0%)
- Edwards AFB (0%)
- El Adobe (0%)
- Fairfax (0%)
- Fellows (100%)
- Ford City (52%)
- Frazier Park (39%)
- Fuller Acres (0%)
- Glennville (100%)
- Golden Hills (84%)
- Goodmanville (31%)
- Greenacres (0%)
- Greenfield (0%)
- Hillcrest (0%)
- Inyokern (0%)
- Johannesburg (0%)
- Keene (100%)
- Kernville (36%)
- La Cresta (5%)
- Lake Isabella (26%)
- Lake of the Woods (34%)
- Lakeside (0%)
- Lamont (0%)
- Lebec (72%)
- Lost Hills (22%)
- Maricopa (96%)
- McFarland (0%)
- McKittrick (88%)
- Mettler (0%)
- Mexican Colony (0%)
- Mojave (0%)
- Mountain Meadows (100%)
- Mountain Mesa (42%)
- North Edwards (0%)
- Oildale (26%)
- Old River (0%)
- Old Stine (0%)
- Olde Stockdale (0%)
- Onyx (58%)
- Pine Mountain Club (34%)
- Potomac Park (0%)
- Pumpkin Center (0%)
- Randsburg (0%)
- Rexland Acres (0%)
- Ridgecrest (1%)
- Ridgecrest Heights (0%)
- Rivergrove (7%)
- Rosamond (0%)
- Rosedale (0%)
- Shafter (0%)
- Smith Corner (0%)
- South Taft (77%)
- Squirrel Mountain Valley (100%)
- Stallion Springs (95%)
- Stebbins (0%)
- Taft (75%)
- Taft Heights (27%)
- Tarina (23%)
- Tehachapi (70%)
- Tupman (100%)
- Valley Acres (86%)
- Wasco (0%)
- Weedpatch (0%)
- Weldon (55%)
- Wofford Heights (67%)
- Woody (83%)
Percent of the area in High or Very High zones.
Fires recorded in or across Kern County
The state record shows 1181 since 1950. The largest was BOREL in 2024 (59,289 acres in total).
- PASO (2025), 20 acres
- ROSAMOND (2025), 39 acres
- STAGECOACH (2025), 7 acres
- WILLOW (2025), 8 acres
- AQUADUCT (2025), 14 acres
- LOCUST (2025), 11 acres
- UNION (2025), 19 acres
- TAFT (2025), 66 acres
- HOSKING 3 (2025), 18 acres
- HOSKING (2025), 9 acres
- CANAL (2025), 21 acres
- HERMOSA (2025), 11 acres
- KAM (2025), 6 acres
- LANGLEY (2025), 23 acres
- BIKE (2025), 6 acres