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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. 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 ...
Thomas Fire: California: Largest wildfire in modern California history at the time (1889 Santiago Canyon fire may have been larger). Spread fast due to strong winds and unusual dry weather in December. [79] 2017: 28,516 acres (11,540 ha) Goodwin Fire: Arizona: Shut down parts of Highway 69 between Mayer and Dewey-Humboldt. The fire destroyed 5 ...
That same day, CAL FIRE released a chart with the top 20 largest wildfires in California history, adding the Thomas Fire as the new largest fire. [86] On December 27, the Thomas Fire experienced another small expansion in size on its northeastern flank, to 281,893 acres (114,078 ha), while containment of the wildfire increased to 91%. [87]
Looking at nearly 2,000 wildfires in California, including those that burned across state boundaries, the 25 largest have all happened this century. This ranking was based on a fire’s total acreage.
The 2018 Camp Fire in the town of Paradise scorched more than 150,000 acres and was the deadliest wildfire in California's history. Ninety-five percent of the town burned in the fire. Ninety-five ...
Wildfires like this are rare in January. The below chart shows the average number of acres burned per month throughout the last decade or so. The Palisades, Eaton and Hughes fires are already ...
The year 2020 was the largest wildfire year recorded in California history, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. [2] [4] From a historical perspective, the average annual acres burned prior to 1850 were probably significantly larger than years since reliable fire records began.
The death toll had climbed to five people, as the fast-moving wildfires continued to sweep across the LA area. The Palisades fire had burned more than 17,200 acres, while the Eaton fire has ...