2017 California wildfires

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2017 California Wildfires
Smoke from the Alamo and Whittier fires during the 2017 California fire season, on July 8, 2017.
Statistics[1]
Total fires8,176
Total area1,079,569 acres (4,368.86 km2)
Impacts
Deaths42
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Location of California wildfire in October 2017

The 2017 California Wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned across Northern California in 2017. A total of 8,176 fires have burned 1,079,569 acres (4,368.86 km2), according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.[1]

Throughout the early months of 2017, there was significant rainfall over most of California thus temporarily mitigating the state's severe drought conditions. However, according to a report published by the National Interagency Fire Center, the potential for large fires was "expected to remain near normal through the spring, but once fine fuels dry out, there will likely be a spike in grass fire activity.”[2]

Wildfires

Name County Acres Start Date Containment Date Status Notes Ref
Jayne Fresno 5,738 April 20, 2017 April 21, 2017 Yes [3]
Opera Riverside 1,350 April 30, 2017 May 2, 2017 Yes [4]
Elm Fresno 10,345 May 18, 2017 May 21, 2017 Yes [5]
Gate San Diego 2,056 May 20, 2017 May 23, 2017 Yes [6]
Oakwood Madera 1,431 June 10, 2017 June 13, 2017 Yes [7]
Highway Kern 1,522 June 18, 2017 June 28, 2017 Yes [8]
Holcomb San Bernardino 1,503 June 19, 2017 June 29, 2017 Yes [9]
Schaeffer Tulare 16,031 June 24, 2017 August 10, 2017 Yes [10]
Manzanita Riverside 6,309 June 26, 2017 June 30, 2017 Yes [11]
Hill San Luis Obispo 1,598 June 26, 2017 June 30, 2017 Yes 4 homes destroyed [12]
Winters Yolo 2,269 July 6, 2017 July 12, 2017 Yes [13]
Alamo San Luis Obispo 28,687 July 6, 2017 July 19, 2017 Yes 1 home destroyed, 1 damaged [14]
Wall Butte 6,033 July 7, 2017 July 17, 2017 Yes 41 homes, 48 outbuildings destroyed, 10 damaged [15]
Whittier Santa Barbara 18,430 July 8, 2017 October 5, 2017 Yes 16 homes, 30 outbuildings destroyed, 7 damaged [16]
Parkfield Monterey 1,816 July 8, 2017 July 11, 2017 Yes [17]
Garza Fresno 48,889 July 9, 2017 July 21, 2017 Yes 1 structure destroyed [18]
Long Valley Lassen 83,733 July 11, 2017 July 21, 2017 Yes [19]
Detwiler Mariposa 81,826 July 16, 2017 August 24, 2017 Yes 63 homes, 68 structures destroyed (131 total), 21 damaged [20]
Modoc July Complex Modoc 83,120 July 24, 2017 August 16, 2017 Yes [21]
Orleans Complex Siskiyou 27,276 July 25, 2017 September 26, 2017 Yes [22]
Empire Mariposa 6,370 August 1, 2017 Yes [23]
Parker 2 Modoc 7,697 August 3, 2017 August 29, 2017 Yes [24]
Salmon August Complex Siskiyou 65,888 August 11, 2017 87% contained [25]
South Fork Mariposa 7,000 August 13, 2017 85% contained [26]
Blaine Riverside 1,044 August 13, 2017 August 16, 2017 Yes [27]
Eclipse Complex Siskiyou 78,698 August 15, 2017 51% contained [28]
Pier Tulare 36,556 August 29, 2017 October 6, 2017 Yes [29]
Railroad Madera 12,407 August 29, 2017 September 15, 2017 Yes 5 homes, 9 structures destroyed [30]
Ponderosa Butte 4,016 August 29, 2017 September 9, 2017 Yes 32 homes, 22 outbuildings, 15 damaged [31]
Mud Lassen 6,042 August 29, 2017 September 1, 2017 Yes [32]
Slinkard Mono 8,925 August 29, 2017 September 6, 2017 Yes [33]
Helena Trinity 21,449 August 30, 2017 85% contained 133 structures destroyed [34]
La Tuna Los Angeles 7,194 September 1, 2017 September 9, 2017 Yes 5 homes, 5 structures destroyed [35]
Palmer Riverside 3,874 September 2, 2017 September 6, 2017 Yes [36]
Mission Madera 1,035 September 3, 2017 September 13, 2017 Yes 4 structures destroyed [37]
Buck Trinity 11,797 September 12, 2017 89% contained [38]
Lion Tulare 17,380 September 24, 2017 85% contained [39]
Canyon Riverside 2,662 September 25, 2017 October 4, 2017 Yes 6 structures damaged [40]
Cherokee Butte 8,417 October 8, 2017 October 16, 2017 Yes [41]
Atlas Napa/Solano 51,624 October 8, 2017 Yes 6 fatalities, 303 structures destroyed, 40 damaged [42]
Tubbs Napa/Sonoma 36,807 October 8, 2017 ~99% contained[43] 22 fatalities, more than 5,000 structures destroyed [44]
Nuns Sonoma 56,556 October 8, 2017 94% contained 2 fatalities [45]
Redwood Complex Mendocino 36,523 October 8, 2017 Yes 8 fatalities, 43 injured, 545 structures destroyed [46]
La Porte Butte 6,151 October 9, 2017 October 18, 2017 Yes [47]
Cascade Yuba 9,989 October 9, 2017 October 18, 2017 Yes 4 fatalities, more than 100 structures destroyed [48]
Sulphur Lake 2,207 October 9, 2017 October 26, 2017 Yes 150 structures destoryed [49]
Canyon 2 Orange 9,217 October 9, 2017 October 18, 2017 Yes 25 structures destroyed, 55 structures damaged [50]
37 Sonoma 1,660 October 9, 2017 October 13, 2017 Yes [51]
Pocket Sonoma 17,357 October 9, 2017 94% contained [52]
Lobo Nevada 821 October 9, 2017 October 18, 2017 Yes At least 30 structures destroyed [53]
Tank Kern 50 October 25, 2017 October 127, 2017 Yes
Wildomar Kern 50 October 25, 2017 October 127, 2017 Yes
Bear Santa Cruz 391 October 16, 2017 Yes 7 injuries, 4 structures destroyed [54]

October Northern California wildfires

Main article: October 2017 Northern California wildfires

During the month of October, a series of wildfires broke out throughout Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Butte counties during severe fire weather conditions effectively leading to a major red flag warning from much of the northern California area. In the extreme conditions, shortly after the fires ignited, they rapidly grew to become massive conflagrations spanning from 1,000 to well over 20,000 acres apart within a single day.[55] In addition, the fires have destroyed an estimated 3,500 plus structures and killed at least 41 people, and over 400 people remain missing. The fires burned over 170,000 acres of land, and forced over 20,000 people to evacuate.[56][57]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fire Statistics". CAL FIRE. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Saunders, Doug (April 7, 2016). "How will rainy winter affect fire season? More summer grass fires, officials predict". The Press-Enterprise. The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "Jayne Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  4. ^ "Opera Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "Elm Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  6. ^ "Gate Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  7. ^ "Oakwood Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  8. ^ "Highway Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  9. ^ "Holcomb Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  10. ^ "Schaeffer Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  11. ^ "Manzanita Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  12. ^ "Hill Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  13. ^ "Winters Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  14. ^ "Alamo Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  15. ^ "Wall Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  16. ^ "Whittier Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  17. ^ "Parkfield Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  18. ^ "Garza Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  19. ^ "Long Valley Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  20. ^ "Detwiler Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  21. ^ "Modoc July Complex Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  22. ^ "Orleans Complex Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  23. ^ "Empire Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  24. ^ "Parker 2 Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  25. ^ "Salmon August Complex Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  26. ^ "South Fork Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  27. ^ "Blaine Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  28. ^ "Eclipse Complex Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  29. ^ "Pier Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  30. ^ "Railroad Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  31. ^ "Pier Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  32. ^ "Mud Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  33. ^ "Slinkard Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  34. ^ "Helena Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  35. ^ "La Tuna fire 100 percent contained, LAFD says". September 9, 2017.
  36. ^ "Palmer Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  37. ^ "Mission Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  38. ^ "Buck Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  39. ^ "Lion Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  40. ^ "Canyon Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  41. ^ "Cherokee Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  42. ^ "Atlas Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  43. ^ http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incidents/incidentdetails/Index/1867
  44. ^ "Tubbs Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  45. ^ "Nuns Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  46. ^ "Redwood Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  47. ^ "La Porte Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  48. ^ "Cascade Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  49. ^ "Sulphur Fire".6|website=CAL FIRE|access-date=October 9, 2017}}
  50. ^ "Canyon 2 Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  51. ^ "CAL FIRE Summary". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  52. ^ "Pocket Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  53. ^ "Lobo Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  54. ^ "Bear Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  55. ^ Ellis, Ralph; Sterling, Joe; Murphy, Paul; McLaughlin, Elliot (October 9, 2017). "Fast-moving wildfires kill 10, spur evacuations in Northern California". CNN. CNN. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  56. ^ Allen, Karma (October 11, 2017). "At least 21 dead in horrific California wildfires, hundreds missing". ABC News. Retrieved October 11, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  57. ^ Kohli, Sonali; Sahagun, Louis; John, Paige St; Agrawal, Nina; Megerian, Chris (October 12, 2017). "Death toll climbs to 29 as crews begin grim search among ashes of wine country fires". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
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