2013 California wildfires
Appearance
2013 California wildfires | |
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Statistics[1] | |
Total fires | 9,907 |
Total area | 577,675 acres (2,337.77 km2) |
Impacts | |
Deaths | 1 |
Non-fatal injuries | At least 125 |
Damage | Over $218.15 million (2013 USD) |
Season | |
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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 |
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Panther | Tehama | 6,896 | 27.9 | 1 May 2013 | 9 May 2013 | |
Summit | Riverside | 3,161 | 12.8 | 1 May 2013 | 4 May 2013 | 1 structure 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
- ^ a b "National Report of Wildland Fires and Acres Burned by State" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Large Fires 2013" (PDF). CAL FIRE. Retrieved 5 August 2015.