List of California wildfires

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Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image AERONET La Jolla.2007295.terra.250m.jpg
Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image
The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013 The Rim Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest near in California began on Aug. 17, 2013-0004.jpg
The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013

This is a partial and incomplete list of California wildfires. California has dry, windy, and often hot weather conditions from spring through late autumn that can produce moderate to severe wildfires. Pre-1800, when the area was much more forested and the ecology much more resilient, 4.4 million acres (1.8 million hectares) of forest and shrubland burned annually. [1] California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [2] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.

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Wildfires in California are growing more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population and greater electricity transmission and distribution lines. [3] [4] [5] United States taxpayers pay about US$3 billion a year to fight wildfires, and big fires can lead to billions of dollars in property losses. [6] At times, these wildfires are fanned or made worse by strong, dry winds, known as Diablo winds when they occur in the northern part of the state and Santa Ana winds when they occur in the south. However, from a historical perspective, it has been estimated that prior to 1850, about 4.5 million acres (17,000 km2) burned yearly, in fires that lasted for months, with wildfire activity peaking roughly every 30 years, when up to 11.8 million acres (47,753 km3) of land burned. [7] [8] The much larger wildfire seasons in the past can be attributed to the policy of Native Californians regularly setting controlled burns and allowing natural fires to run their course, which prevented devastating wildfires from overrunning the state. [7]

More than 350,000 people in California live in towns sited completely within zones deemed to be at very high risk of fire. In total, more than 2.7 million people live in "very high fire hazard severity zones", which also include areas at lesser risk. [9]

On lands under CAL FIRE's jurisdictional protection (i.e. not federal or local responsibility areas), the majority of wildfire ignitions since 1980 have been caused by humans. The four most common ignition sources for wildfires on CAL FIRE-protected lands are, in order: equipment use, powerlines, arson, and lightning. [10]

A 2023 study found that these wildfires are affecting the California ecosystem and disrupting the habitats. [11] [12] It found that in the 2020 and 2021 fire seasons 58% of the area affected by wildfires occurred in those two seasons since 2012. [11] [13] These two fires destroyed 30% of the habitat of 50 species as well as 100 species that had 10% of their habitats burn. 5-14% of the species' habitats burned at a "high severity." [14] [15]

Statistics

Area burned per year

Remains of houses destroyed in the Oakland firestorm of 1991 Oakland firestorm 1.jpg
Remains of houses destroyed in the Oakland firestorm of 1991
Satellite image from October, 2003 including Cedar Fire, one of the largest wildfires in California history California fires October 2003.jpg
Satellite image from October, 2003 including Cedar Fire, one of the largest wildfires in California history

Starting in 2001, the National Interagency Fire Center began keeping more accurate records on the total fire acreage burned in each state. [16]

YearFiresAcresHectaresRef
2000 7,622295,026119,393 [17]
2001 9,458329,126133,193 [18]
2002 8,328969,890392,500 [19] [20]
2003 9,1161,020,460412,970 [21] [22] [23]
2004 8,415264,988107,237 [24] [25]
2005 7,162222,53890,058 [26] [27]
2006 8,202736,022297,858 [28] [29]
2007 9,0931,520,362615,269 [17] [30]
2008 6,2551,593,690644,940 [17]
2009 9,159422,147170,837 [31] [32]
2010 6,554109,52944,325 [33]
2011 7,989168,54568,208 [34] [35]
2012 7,950869,599351,914 [36]
2013 9,907601,635243,473 [37] [38]
2014 7,865625,540253,150 [39] [40]
2015 8,745893,362361,531 [41]
2016 6,986669,534270,951 [42] [43]
2017 9,5601,548,429626,627 [44] [45]
2018 8,5271,975,086799,289 [46] [47]
2019 7,860259,823105,147 [48]
2020 9,6394,397,8091,779,730 [49]
2021 8,8352,568,9481,039,616 [50]
2022 7,490362,455146,680 [51]
2023 7,127324,917131,489
2000-22 Mean8,292974,980394,560
2000-22 Median8,328669,534270,951

    A 2015 study [52] addressed whether the increase in fire risk in California is attributable to climate change. [53]

    Largest wildfires

    The 20 largest wildfires according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. [54]

    NameCountyAcresHectaresStart dateStructuresDeathsNotes
    1. August Complex Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Tehama, Trinity, Shasta 1,032,648417,898August 20209351
    2. Dixie Butte, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta, Tehama 963,309389,837July 20211,3291Largest single source wildfire in California history [55]
    3. Mendocino Complex Mendocino, Lake, Colusa, Glenn 459,123185,800July 20182801
    4. SCU Lightning Complex Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Merced, Stanislaus 396,624160,508August 20202220
    5. Creek Fresno, Madera 379,895153,738September 20208560
    6. LNU Lightning Complex Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Yolo 363,220146,990August 20201,4916
    7. North Complex Plumas, Butte 318,935129,068August 20202,35215
    8. Santiago Canyon Orange, Riverside, San Diego 300,000120,000September 188900The fire dates before 1932, when reliable fire records began.
    9. Thomas Ventura, Santa Barbara 281,893114,078December 20171,06323Fatalities (2 direct, 21 indirect) attributed to the fire include 1 firefighter and 1 civilian directly, 22 deaths in later mudslides, with 1 never recovered. [56]
    10. Cedar San Diego 273,246110,579October 20032,82015
    11. Rush Lassen 271,911110,038August 201200This fire burned an additional 43,666 acres (17,671.0 ha) in Nevada, for a total of 315,577 acres (127,709.5 ha). [57] [58]
    12. Rim Tuolumne 257,314104,131August 20131120
    13. Zaca Santa Barbara 240,20797,208July 200710
    14. Carr Shasta, Trinity 229,65192,936July 20181,6148
    15. Monument Trinity 223,12490,295July 2021500
    16. Caldor El Dorado, Amador, Alpine 221,83589,773August 20211,0031
    17. Matilija Ventura 220,00089,000September 193200
    18. River Complex Siskiyou, Trinity 199,34380,671July 20211220
    19. Witch San Diego 197,99080,120October 20071,6502
    20. Klamath Theater Complex Siskiyou 192,03877,715June 200802

    Deadliest wildfires

    The 20 deadliest wildfires according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. [59]

    NameCountyAcresHectaresStart dateStructuresDeathsNotes
    1. Camp [60] [61] [62] Butte 153,33662,050November 201818,8048551 identified from Paradise, 11 from Magalia, 7 from Concow, 1 from Chico, remaining not publicly identified as of February 2019
    2. Griffith Park Los Angeles 4719October 1933029Deaths were RFC workers fighting the fire
    3. Tunnel Alameda 1,600650October 19912,90025
    4. Thomas Ventura, Santa Barbara 281,893114,078December 20171,06323Fatalities (2 direct, 21 indirect) attributed to the fire include 1 firefighter and 1 civilian directly, 22 deaths in later mudslides, with 1 never recovered. [56]
    5. Tubbs Napa, Sonoma 36,80714,895October 20175,64322
    6. North Complex Plumas, Butte 318,935129,068August 20202,35215
    7. Cedar San Diego 273,246110,579October 20032,82015
    8. Rattlesnake Glenn 1,340540July 1953015All deaths were firefighters trying to outrun the fire
    9. Loop Los Angeles 2,028821November 1966012All deaths were members of the El Cariso Hotshots
    10Hauser Creek San Diego 13,1455,320October 1943011
    11.Inaja San Diego 43,90417,767November 1956011
    12. Iron Alps Complex Trinity 105,85542,838August 20081010
    13. Redwood Valley Mendocino 36,52314,780October 20175449
    14. Harris San Diego 90,44036,600October 20075488
    15.Canyon Los Angeles 22,1978,983August 196808
    16. Carr Shasta, Trinity 229,65192,936July 20181,6148
    17. LNU Lightning Complex Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Yolo 363,220146,990August 20201,4916
    18. Atlas Napa, Solano 51,62420,891October 20177816
    19. Old San Bernardino 91,28136,940October 20031,0036
    20.Decker Riverside 1,425577August 195916

    Most destructive wildfires

    The 20 most destructive wildfires according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. [63]

    NameCountyAcresHectaresStart dateStructuresDeathsNotes
    1. Camp [60] [61] [62] Butte 153,33662,050November 201818,80485Town of Paradise destroyed [64]
    2. Tubbs Napa, Sonoma 36,80714,895October 20175,64322
    3. Tunnel Alameda 1,600650October 19912,90025
    4. Cedar San Diego 273,246110,579October 20032,82015
    5. North Complex Plumas, Butte 318,935129,068August 20202,35215Towns of Berry Creek and Feather Falls mostly destroyed [65] [66]
    6. Valley Lake, Napa, Sonoma 76,06730,783September 20151,9554
    7. Witch San Diego 197,99080,120October 20071,6502
    8. Woolsey Ventura, Los Angeles 96,94939,234November 20181,6433
    9. Carr Shasta, Trinity 229,65192,936July 20181,6148
    10. Glass Napa, Sonoma 67,48427,310September 20201,5200
    11. LNU Lightning Complex Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Yolo 363,220146,990August 20201,4916
    12. CZU Lightning Complex Santa Cruz, San Mateo 86,50935,009August 20201,4901
    13. Nuns Sonoma 54,38222,008October 20171,3553
    14. Dixie Butte, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta, Tehama 963,309389,837July 20211,3291Town of Greenville mostly destroyed
    15. Thomas Ventura, Santa Barbara 281,893114,078December 20171,063232 direct, 22 indirect deaths were caused by the Montecito mudslides
    16. Caldor El Dorado, Amador, Alpine 221,83589,773August 20211,0031Town of Grizzly Flats mostly destroyed
    17. Old San Bernardino 91,28136,940October 20031,0036
    18. Butte Amador, Calaveras 70,86828,679September 20159652
    19. Jones Shasta 26,20010,600October 19999541
    20. August Complex Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Tehama, Trinity, Shasta 1,032,649417,898August 20209351

    Areas of repeated ignition

    The summer 2008 wildfires were widespread and deadly, with at least 3,596 wildfires of various origins burning throughout Northern and Central California, for around four months Summer 2008 California wildfires on July 9.jpg
    The summer 2008 wildfires were widespread and deadly, with at least 3,596 wildfires of various origins burning throughout Northern and Central California, for around four months

    In some parts of California, fires can recur in areas with histories of fires. In Oakland, for example, fires of various size and ignition occurred in 1923, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1946, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2002, and 2008. [67] [68] Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, and Los Angeles County are other examples. Orange and San Bernardino counties share a border that runs north to south through the Chino Hills State Park, with the park's landscape ranging from large green coastal sage scrub, grassland, and woodland, to areas of brown sparsely dense vegetation made drier by droughts or hot summers. The valley's grass and barren land can become easily susceptible to dry spells and drought, therefore making it a prime spot for brush fires and conflagrations, many of which have occurred since 1914. Hills and canyons have seen brush or wildfires in 1914, the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and into today. [69]

    On occasion, lightning strikes from thunderstorms may also spark wildfires in areas that have seen past ignition. Examples of this are the 1999 Megram Fire, the 2008 California wildfires.[ citation needed ], as well as both the LNU and SCU Lightning Complex fires of 2020.

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