White Wolf Public Safety Burn
DATE: May 15th, 2025
TIME: 1 p.m.
LOCATION: Hwy 223 @ Hwy 58
MAP: White Wolf Burn Map
The White Wolf Public Safety Burn is located along Highway 223 between Highway 58 and Arvin. It is scheduled to be completed during the afternoon and evening of May 15th, 2025. As always, the completion of this prescribed burn will be dependent on weather and emergency activity levels in Kern County. The roadway will be closed during this time and motorists are advised to take an alternate route.
What is a prescribed burn?
A prescribed burn, sometimes called controlled burn or public safety burn, is a prescription to treat an area through the reduction of vegetation to increase public safety. Specialists write this prescription to be carried out at a date, time, and manner to achieve the best results safely. The decision is made after an extensive and ongoing review of the location, vegetation types, vegetation moisture, weather, and burn history among other factors.
Why treat these areas?
Public safety burns help prevent a fire from extending from the roadway into the surrounding wildlands. This protects the landscape and habitat from destructive wildland fires. Additionally, this burn will reduce the likelihood that the communities of Bear Valley Springs and Stallion Springs will be exposed to dangerous wildfire. It will also diminish the threat of fire to the landscape and local habitat on the Tejon Ranch frontier.
Community Message:
You may smell or see smoke. Whenever a fire is burning nearby, we recommend staying extra vigilant, keeping informed about changes in fire activity. Register at ReadyKern.com for emergency notifications and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and X.
Your Kern County Fire Department continues to actively manage hazards to our communities through prescribed burns and mechanical treatments (fuel breaks created by heavy equipment). We encourage all residents to make sure they are maintaining the required defensible space around their home.
