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The Summer 2008 wildfires burned a total of 1,162,197 acres (4,703.24 km 2) between May 2008 and September 2008, comprising the vast majority of burned land by wildfires in California in 2008. [27] [16] [28] In total, the Summer 2008 wildfires burned a total of 1,161,197 acres (469,920 ha), which accounts for 84% of the total area burned during ...
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. This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of California. California has dry, windy, and ...
2013 California wildfires; Statistics [1] [2] Total fires: 9,907: Total area: 601,635 acres (2,434.73 km 2) Impacts; Deaths: 1: Non-fatal injuries: At least 125: Structures destroyed: 495 [3] Damage >$218.15 million (2013 USD) Map; A map of wildfires in California in 2013, using Cal Fire data: Season
In 2016, a total of 7,349 fires had burned an area 669,534 acres (2,709.51 km 2) in California, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Climatologists had predicted an extreme version of El Niño , known as a Super El Niño , to occur during the winter of 2015–16 .
Map of Palisades fire damage. More: Maps show landmarks and local institutions damaged and destroyed in LA fires. Read As LA fires burn, see how they compare to the largest in California's history.
The National Interagency Fire Center reported in mid-August that the 2015 fire season had been the most destructive since 2011.Nationwide, a total of 6,058,694 acres (24,519 km 2) had burned, which is roughly triple the total land area burned from the same time span in 2014. [6]
At least 9,093 separate wildfires charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km 2) of land in the US state of California in 2007. [1] Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [5] which burned approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2) of land from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. [6]
The 2008 Iron Alps Complex Fire, also called the Iron/Alps Complex Fire, was a large wildfire complex in Trinity County, California, United States. The complex comprised 48 fires, 36 of which were in the Iron Complex, and 12 in the Alps Complex, [ 4 ] : 114 all of which were ignited by lightning on June 21.