2013 California wildfires

2013 California wildfires
Statistics[1]
Total fires 9,907
Total area 577,675 acres (2,337.77 km2)
Cost Over $218.15 million (2013 USD)
Injuries At least 125
Fatalities 1

The 2013 California wildfires consisted of 9,907 wildfires that burned at least 577,675 acres (2,337.77 km2) of land in the state of California, during 2013. The wildfires injured at least 125 people and killed at least 1, and caused over $218.15 million (2013 USD) in damage.[1] These included several large, notable wildfires, including the Rim Fire, which became California's 3rd largest wildfire. One of the wildfires was also caused by the plane crash of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 on July 6, 2013, which ignited a wildfire that burned around 1 acre of land.[2]

Fires

Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (400 ha) during the 2013 fire season.[3] The list is taken from CAL FIREs list of large fires.

Name County Acres Km2 Start Date Contained Date Notes
Panther Tehama6,896 27.9 1 May 2013 9 May 2013
Summit Riverside 2,956 12.0 1 May 2013 4 May 2013 54 structures destroyed
Springs Ventura 24,251 98.1 2 May 2013 9 May 2013
Felipe San Diego 2,650 10.7 23 May 2013 29 May 2013
General San Diego 2,500 10.1 26 May 2013 31 May 2013
Chariot San Diego 7,055 28.6 6 July 2013 15 July 2013 149 structures destroyed
Mountain Riverside 27,531 111.4 15 July 2013 31 July 2013
Silver Riverside 20,292 82.1 7 August 2013 15 August 2013
Swedes Butte 2,264 9.2 16 August 2013 22 August 2013
Deer Tehama 11,429 46.3 23 August 2013 29 August 2013
Morgan Contra Costa 3,100 12.5 8 September 2013 14 September 2013
Clover Shasta 8,073 32.7 9 September 2013 15 September 2013 196 structures destroyed, 1 fatality
Mccabe Sonoma 3,505 14.2 22 November 2013 28 November 2013
Grand Kern 4,346 17.6 15 May 2013 22 May 2013
White Santa Barbara 1,984 8.0 27 May 2013 5 June 2013
Powerhouse Los Angeles 30,274 122.5 30 May 2013 10 June 2013 58 structures destroyed
Hathaway Riverside 3,870 15.7 9 June 2013 15 October 2013
Carstens Mariposa 1,708 6.9 16 June 2013 26 June 2013
Aspen Fresno 22,992 93.0 22 July 2013 8 September 2013
Forks Complex Siskiyou 37,246 150.7 31 July 2013 1 October 2013
Falls Riverside 1,383 5.6 5 August 2013 9 August 2013
Power Tuolumne 1,070 4.3 5 August 2013 13 August 2013
Corral Complex Humboldt 12,503 50.6 10 August 2013 2 October 2013
American Placer 22,407 90.7 11 August 2013 29 August 2013
Rim Tuolumne 257,314 1,041.3 17 August 2013 27 October 2013 112 structures destroyed
Mission Monterey 4,500 18.2 22 August 2013 25 August 2013
Fish Tulare 2,060 8.3 23 August 2013 5 September 2013
Deluz San Diego 2,236 9.0 5 October 2013 9 October 2013

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Report of Wildland Fires and Acres Burned by State" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ↑ NTSB (July 9, 2013). "NTSB Press Briefing (no. 3)". Press briefing by NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman uploaded to YouTube (San Francisco, California: NTSB). Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Large Fires 2013" (PDF). CAL FIRE. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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