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2016 California wildfires
A Skycrane makes a drop on the Sherpa Fire in June.
Statistics[1]
Total fires6,883 (As of October 29)
Total area563,411 acres (2,280.04 km2)(As of October 29)
Impacts
Deaths6 civilians killed, 1 firefighter (As of August 6)
Season
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The 2016 California wildfires are a series of wildfires that burned across the state of California during 2016. As of October 29, 2016, 6,883 fires had burned 563,411 acres (2,280.04 km2), according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.[1]

Climatologists had predicted an extreme version of El Niño known as Super El Niño to occur during the winter of 2015–16. Although the Pacific Ocean’s warming water had been expected to bring strong storms to parts of the southwestern United States, actual precipitation totals generally underperformed those expectations.[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]

Events

In June, the United States Forest Service estimated that over 26 million trees had died across 760,000 acres (310,000 ha) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This brought the number of dead trees to over 66 million during the past four years of drought.[4]

On August 15, the National Interagency Fire Center showed the state leading the nation in the quantity, size and intensity of wildfires.[4] A day later, on August 16, San Bernardino County announced that nearly 85,000 people were evacuated because of the Blue Cut Fire near Cajon Pass.[5] Authorities arrested a 40-year-old man in connection to the Clayton Fire, and charged him with 17 counts of arson.[4]

Fires

Name County Acres Start Date Contained Date Active? Notes Ref
Roberts San Luis Obispo 3,712 May 18, 2016 May 20, 2016 Yes [6]
Metz Monterey 3,876 May 22, 2016 May 25, 2016 Yes [7]
Coleman Monterey 2,520 June 4, 2016 June 17, 2016 Yes [8]
Pony Siskiyou 2,860 June 7, 2016 June 30, 2016 Yes [9]
Sherpa Santa Barbara 7,474 June 15, 2016 July 12, 2016 Yes [10]
Border San Diego 7,609 June 19, 2016 June 30, 2016 Yes 2 fatalities, 5 homes and 11 outbuildings destroyed [11]
San Gabriel Complex Los Angeles 5,399 June 20, 2016 July 23, 2016 Yes Reservoir Fire burned 1,146 acres; Fish Fire burned 4,253 acres [12]
Erskine Kern 48,019 June 23, 2016 July 12, 2016 Yes 2 fatalities, 285 homes destroyed, 12 damaged [13]
Trailhead Placer 5,646 June 28, 2016 July 18, 2016 Yes [14]
Pine Ventura 2,304 June 19, 2016 July 17, 2016 Yes [15]
Deer Kern 1,785 July 1, 2016 July 11, 2016 Yes [16]
Curry Fresno 2,944 July 1, 2016 July 5, 2016 Yes [17]
Sage Los Angeles 1,109 July 9, 2016 July 16, 2016 Yes [18]
Roblar San Diego 1,245 July 21, 2016 July 30, 2016 Yes [19]
Sand Los Angeles 41,432 July 22, 2016 August 3, 2016 Yes 2 fatalities, 18 homes destroyed, 4 damaged [20] [21]
Soberanes Monterey 132,100 July 22, 2016 October 12, 2016 Yes 1 fatality, 3 injuries, 57 homes and 11 outbuildings destroyed. [22]
Goose Fresno 2,241 July 30, 2016 August 9, 2016 Yes 4 homes, 5 outbuildings destroyed [23]
Cold Yolo 5,731 August 2, 2016 August 12, 2016 Yes 2 outbuildings destroyed [24]
Pilot San Bernardino 8,110 August 7, 2016 August 16, 2016 Yes [25]
Mineral Fresno 7,050 August 9, 2016 August 18, 2016 Yes 2 structures destroyed [26]
Chimney San Luis Obispo 46,344 August 13, 2016 September 6, 2016 Yes 48 structures destroyed [27]
Clayton Lake 3,929 August 13, 2016 August 26, 2016 Yes 189 homes, 109 outbuildings destroyed [28]
Blue Cut San Bernardino 36,274 August 16, 2016 August 23, 2016 Yes 105 homes, 213 outbuildings destroyed [29]
Cedar Kern 29,322 August 16, 2016 September 30, 2016 Yes [30]
Rey Santa Barbara 32,606 August 18, 2016 September 16, 2016 Yes [31]
Gap Siskiyou 33,867 August 27, 2016 September 17, 2016 Yes [32]
Bogart Riverside 1,470 August 30, 2016 September 2, 2016 Yes 1 outbuilding destroyed [33]
Willard Lassen 2,575 September 11, 2016 September 22, 2016 Yes 5 structures destroyed [34]
Owens River Mono 5,443 September 17, 2016 October 15, 2016 Yes [35]
Canyon Santa Barbara 12,518 September 17, 2016 September 24, 2016 Yes 1 firefighter killed in crash [36]
Sawmill Sonoma 1,547 September 25, 2016 September 29, 2016 Yes [37]
Marshes Tuolumne 1,080 September 26, 2016 October 4, 2016 Yes [38]
Loma Santa Clara 4,474 September 26, 2016 October 12, 2016 Yes 28 structures destroyed [39]

See also

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. ^ a b c Fears, Darryl (August 16, 2016). "California is in flames right now, with fires fueled by historic drought". Washington Post. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "More than 82,000 people flee Southern California wildfire". Chicago Tribune. August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "Roberts Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  7. ^ "Metz Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  8. ^ "Coleman Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  9. ^ "Pony Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  10. ^ "Sherpa Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  11. ^ "Border Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  12. ^ "San Gabriel Complex". InciWeb. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  13. ^ "Erskine Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  14. ^ "Trailhead Fire Updates". CAL FIRE Incident Information. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  15. ^ "Pine Fire". Inciweb. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  16. ^ "Deer Fire Updates". CAL FIRE Incident Information. CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  17. ^ "Curry Fire Updates". CAL FIRE Incident Information. CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  18. ^ "Sage Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  19. ^ "Roblar Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  20. ^ Carr, Ada; Wright, Pam (July 24, 2016). "Body Found As Firefighters Continue to Battle 'Sand Fire' Near Los Angeles; 18 Homes Destroyed". The Weather Channel. Retrieved July 25, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ "Sand Fire". Inciweb. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  22. ^ "Soberanes Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  23. ^ "Goose Fire Updates". CAL FIRE Incident Information. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  24. ^ "Cold Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  25. ^ "Pilot Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  26. ^ "Mineral Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  27. ^ "ChimneyFire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  28. ^ "Clayton Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  29. ^ "Blue Cut Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  30. ^ "Cedar Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  31. ^ "Rey Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  32. ^ "Gap Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  33. ^ "Bogart Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  34. ^ "Willard Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  35. ^ "Owens River Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  36. ^ "Canyon Fire" (PDF). Vandenberg Air Force Base. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  37. ^ "Sawmill Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  38. ^ "Marshes Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  39. ^ "Loma Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
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