2010 California wildfires

2010 California wildfires
Location	California
Cost	Over $2,778,696 (2010 USD)
Date(s)	January 14, 2010 – November 6, 2010
Total wildfires	4,872^[1]
Burned area	At least 62,824 acres (25,424 ha)^[2]
Ignition source	Heat, lightning strikes, arsonists, escaped campfires
Injuries (non-fatal)	At least 14
Fatalities	Unknown

The 2010 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California, United States, during the year 2010.^[3]

Notable fires

Southern California

Kern County

Bull Fire: Burned 16,460 acres (66.6 km²) southeast of Tehachapi, California in July, destroyed eight homes and six outbuildings as of 31 July 2010.^[4]
West Fire: Burned 1,658 acres (6.71 km²) north of Tehachapi in the Sequoia National Forest in July, and destroyed 30 structures, mostly homes.^[4]

Los Angeles County

Wikinews has related news: 14,000-acre Southern California 'Crown Fire' at 82% containment, evacuation orders lifted

Crown Fire: 14,000 acres (57 km²) burned, 2000 homes evacuated by July 31, 2010.^[5]

See also

References

↑ http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_stats?year=2010
↑ http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_archived?archive_year=2010
↑ Current Fire Information. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN Wire Staff (July 31, 2010). CNN Wire Staff 3 wildfires burn more than 30,660 acres in Southern California. CNN
↑ Simmons, Ann M. (July 30, 2010). Wildfires threaten power lines; DWP asks residents to conserve. Los Angeles Times

External links

Current Fire Information. CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection)

Notable California wildfires, by size

Fires prior to 1900

Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889

Largest fires since 1932

#1 - Cedar Fire: 280,278 acres (438 sq mi; 113,424 ha)
#2 - Rush Fire: 271,911 acres (425 sq mi; 110,038 ha) (California portion)
#3 - Rim Fire: 257,314 acres (402 sq mi; 104,131 ha)
#4 - Zaca Fire: 240,207 acres (375 sq mi; 97,208 ha)
#5 - Matilija Fire: 220,000 acres (340 sq mi; 89,030 ha)
#6 - Witch Creek Fire: 197,990 acres (309 sq mi; 80,124 ha)
#7 - Marble-Cone Fire: ~178,000 acres (280 sq mi; 72,030 ha)
#8 - Laguna Fire: 175,425 acres (274 sq mi; 70,992 ha)
#9 - Basin Complex fire: 162,818 acres (254 sq mi; 65,890 ha)
#10 - Day Fire: 162,700 acres (254 sq mi; 65,842 ha)
#11 - Station Fire: 160,557 acres (251 sq mi; 64,975 ha)
#12 - McNally Fire: 150,670 acres (235 sq mi; 60,974 ha)
#13 - Happy Camp Complex Fire: 135,369 acres (212 sq mi; 54,782 ha)

Smaller notable fires

Old Fire: 91,281 acres (143 sq mi; 36,940 ha)
Harris Fire: 90,440 acres (141 sq mi; 36,600 ha)
Indians Fire: 76,554 acres (120 sq mi; 30,980 ha)
Moonlight Fire: 65,000 acres (102 sq mi; 26,305 ha)
Sawtooth Complex fire: 61,700 acres (96 sq mi; 24,969 ha)
Ranch Fire: 58,401 acres (91 sq mi; 23,634 ha)
Bel Air Fire:16,090 acres (25 sq mi; 6,511 ha)