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2016 California wildfires
A Skycrane makes a drop on the Sherpa Fire in June.
Statistics[1]
Total fires2,017 (As of June 25)
Total area84,865 acres (343.44 km2)(As of July 9)
Impacts
Deaths4 civilians killed (As of July 2)
Season
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The 2016 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned across the state of California during 2016. As of 25 June 2016, 2,017 fires had burned 16,821 acres (68.07 km2), according to CAL FIRE.[1]

Climatologists had predicted an extreme version of El Niño known as Super El Niño to occur during the winter of 2015-16. The Pacific Ocean’s warming water, which had been expected to bring strong storms to southern parts of the west coast, never materialized, however.[2] Early in the year, The National Interagency Fire Center predicted that conditions from May through at least August would put much of the western United States in above-normal wildfire danger.[3]

Fires

Name County Acres Start Date Contained Date Active? Notes Ref
Pony Siskiyou 2,858 June 7, 2016 — Active (90%) [4]
Sherpa Santa Barbara 7,474 June 15, 2016 — Active (98%) [5]
Border San Diego 7,609 June 19, 2016 June 30, 2016 Yes 2 fatalities [6]
San Gabriel Complex Los Angeles 5,399 June 20, 2016 — Active (96%) Reservoir Fire burned 1,146 acres, while Fish Fire burned 4,253 [7]
Erskine Kern 48,019 June 23, 2016 — Active (98%) 257 homes destroyed, 2 fatalities [8]
Trailhead Placer County 5,646 June 28, 2016 — Active (90%) [9]
Pine Ventura 2,304 June 30, 2016 — Active (71%) [10]
Deer Kern 2,858 July 1, 2016 — Active (99%) [11]
Curry Fresno 2,944 July 1, 2016 July 5, 2016 Yes [12]
Sage Los Angeles 1,109 July 8, 2016 — Active (20%) [13]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016 Wildfires in California.

References

  1. ^ a b "Fire Statistics". CAL FIRE. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  2. ^ Blankenbuehler, Paige (June 22, 2016). "El Niño adds fuel to Southwestern fires". The Journal. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  3. ^ Grenoble, Ryan (May 2, 2016). "Here's Where The 2016 Wildfire Season Risk Is The Highest". The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Pony Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "Sherpa Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  6. ^ "Border Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  7. ^ "San Gabriel Complex". InciWeb. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  8. ^ "Erskine Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  9. ^ "Trailhead Fire Updates". CAL FIRE Incident Information. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  10. ^ "Pine Fire". Inciweb. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  11. ^ "Deer Fire Updates". CAL FIRE Incident Information. CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  12. ^ "Curry Fire Updates". CAL FIRE Incident Information. CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  13. ^ "1,100-acre fire in Stevenson Ranch area 20 percent contained". July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
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