Los Alamos Fire

Wildfire in Kern County, March 1986

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Printed October 31, 2026 from www.firezones.org/fire/4009/los-alamos-fire-1986

Key facts

Started March 27, 1986
Contained Not recorded
Burned 12,140 acres
2nd largest fire of 1986
Cause Not recorded

Where it burned

County

  1. Kern County 12,140 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. A few city neighborhoods, such as Pacific Palisades, are listed too, and their land is also counted in their city.

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published July 28, 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated October 19, 2026

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