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Fires occur throughout the State within CAL FIRE jurisdiction on a daily basis during fire season. However, the majority of those fires are contained quickly and no information will generally be provided on these incidents at this site if the fire burns less than 10 acres.
Find up-to-date statistics on CA wildfires and CAL FIRE activity. We combine state and federal data to track the number of fires and acres burned in California.
As of the end of the year, nearly 10,000 fires had burned over 4.2 million acres, more than 4% of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire season recorded in California's modern history.
The Dixie Fire started on Tuesday, July 13. It has now burned 963, 276 acres with 94 percent containment. The incident is being managed under Unified Command with California Interagency Management Team 14 and CAL FIRE.
Situation Summary. As of 7:00 a.m., September 17, 2021, command of the Caldor Fire has been transitioned to a single Incident Management Team - California Interagency Incident Management Team 12, Michael Nobles as Incident Commander.
2021 Fire Year. The 2021 wildfire season in California experienced an unusually early start amid an ongoing drought and historically low rainfall and reservoir levels. In January 2021 alone, 297 fires burned 1,171 acres on nonfederal land, which is almost triple the number of fires and more than 20 times the acreage of the five-year average for ...
Additional fire information can be found at: Line Fire Information | InciWeb (wildfire.gov). Governor Newsom proclaims state of emergency in San Bernardino County, secures federal assistance to support response to Line Fire.
CAL FIRE and our local grantees are removing overgrown vegetation through prescribed fire, tree thinning, pruning, chipping, and roadway clearance. These efforts create breaks that change fire behavior, reduce negative ecosystem impacts, and enable fire fighters to protect communities.
Governor Newsom secures additional federal assistance for Park Fire, surveys damage. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/27/governor-newsom-secures-additional-federal-assistance-for-park-fire-surveys-damage/. Governor Newsom proclaims state of emergency in Plumas, Butte and Tehama counties due to fires. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/26/governor ...
Despite the 'quiet' year as measured i n acreage, a number of significant wildfires burned in California in 2022; these include the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, which burned over 180 structures, the McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County, which caused 4 fatalities, and the Mosquito Fire in Placer and El Dorado counties, which was California's largest ...