2019 California wildfires

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2019 California wildfires
Statistics[1]
Total fires5,980
Total area177,003 acres (71,631 ha)
Cost$163 million in suppression[2]
Fatalities3
Non-fatal injuries15
Season
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The 2019 wildfire season is the current-running fire season in California. So far, over 5,981 fires have been recorded according to Cal Fire and the US Forest Service, totaling an estimated of 170,857 acres (69,143 ha) acres of burned land as of October 13.[1] Although the 2019 fire season had been relatively quiet in California through mid-September as compared to past years,[3] October through December is still expected to have the greatest fire potential as the Santa Ana winds pick up.[4]

As of early September, the Walker Fire is the largest fire of the year, burning 54,612 acres (22,101 ha) near the town of Susanville in Plumas County.[5]

Early projections[edit]

Fire behavioral experts and climatologists have warned that heavy rains from months early in the year have produced an excess of vegetation that would become an abundance of dry fuel later in the year as the fire season gets underway.[6] According to the US Forest Service and Interior Department officials, early projections indicated that the fire season would possibly be worse than the year prior, stating that "if we're lucky, this year will simply be a challenging one." This assessment was written on the basis of noting that the state has recently been seeing consistently destructive fires more often than ever before.[7]

Wildfires[edit]

The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.

Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref
Refuge Kern 2,500 May 7, 2019 May 9, 2019 1 structure destroyed [8]
Boulder San Luis Obispo 1,127 June 5, 2019 June 11, 2019 [9]
Sand Yolo 2,512 June 8, 2019 June 17, 2019 7 structures destroyed, 2 injuries [10][11]
West Butte Sutter 1,300 June 8, 2019 June 10, 2019 [12][13]
McMillan San Luis Obispo 1,764 June 12, 2019 June 14, 2019 [12][14]
Lonoak Monterey 2,546 June 25, 2019 June 26, 2019 Downed PG&E power line was the cause[15] [16]
Rock Stanislaus 2,422 June 25, 2019 June 27, 2019 [17]
Cow Inyo, Tulare 1,975 July 25, 2019 October 11, 2019 Caused by lightning strike [18]
Springs Mono 4,840 July 26, 2019 October 7, 2019 Caused by lightning strike [19]
Tucker Modoc 14,150 July 28, 2019 August 15, 2019 Unintentionally caused by vehicular traffic along California State Route 139[20][21] [22][23]
W-1 McDonald Lassen 1,020 August 8, 2019 August 11, 2019 Caused by lightning strike [24][25]
Gaines Mariposa 1,300 August 16, 2019 August 20, 2019 [26]
Mountain Shasta 600 August 22, 2019 August 26, 2019 14 buildings destroyed, 7 damaged and 3 people injured [27]
Long Valley Lassen 2,438 August 24, 2019 August 27, 2019 [28]
R-1 Ranch Lassen 3,380 August 28, 2019 September 5, 2019 Caused by lightning strike [29]
Tenaja Riverside 1,926 September 4, 2019 September 14, 2019 [30]
Walker Plumas 54,608 September 4, 2019 September 25, 2019 9 structures destroyed [5]
Taboose Inyo 10,296 September 4, 2019 Active (75% contained) [31]
Lime Siskiyou 1,872 September 4, 2019 September 19, 2019 Caused by lightning strike [32][33]
Middle Trinity 1,339 September 5, 2019 October 5, 2019 Caused by lightning strike [34]
Red Bank Tehama 8,838 September 5, 2019 September 13, 2019 Caused by lightning strike; 2 buildings destroyed [35]
South Tehama 5,332 September 5, 2019 October 10, 2019 Caused by lightning strike [36]
Lone Modoc 5,737 September 5, 2019 September 13, 2019 Caused by lightning strike [37][38]
Springs Mono 4,840 September 6, 2019 September 23, 2019 Caused by lightning strike [39][40]
Lopez San Luis Obispo 220 September 21, 2019 September 27, 2019 4 injuries [41]
Electra Amador 10 September 25, 2019 September 25, 2019 1 injury [42]
Briceburg Mariposa 5,563 October 6, 2019 October 24, 2019 1 structure destroyed [43][44]
Sandalwood Riverside 1,011 October 10, 2019 October 14, 2019 Trash in a garbage truck caught fire and spread to nearby brush
74 structures destroyed, 16 structures damaged, 2 civilian fatalities		 [45][46]
Saddleridge Los Angeles 8,799 October 10, 2019 Active (97% contained) 19 structures destroyed, 88 structures damaged, 1 civilian fatality, 8 firefighter injuries [47]
Palisades Los Angeles 45 October 21, 2019 Active (30% contained) 8 structures damaged, 1 civilian injury, 3 firefighter injuries [48]
Kincade Sonoma 54,298 October 23, 2019 Active (5% contained) 94 structures destroyed, 17 structures damaged, [49][50][51]
Old Water San Bernardino 105 October 24, 2019 Active (30% contained) [52]
Tick Los Angeles 4,615 October 24, 2019 Active (65% contained) 22 structures destroyed [53][54]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Current Year Statistics". Cal Fire. State of California. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  2. ^ National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report (PDF) (Report). Geographic Area Coordination Center. October 21, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
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  27. ^ "Mountain Fire". CAL FIRE (Incident Information). State of California. August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
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  31. ^ "Taboose Fire Information". inciweb.nwcg.gov. September 9, 2019.
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  41. ^ "Lopez Fire". Los Angeles Fire Department. September 30, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
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  45. ^ "Sandalwood Fire". California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
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  47. ^ "Saddleridge Brush Fire". Los Angeles Fire Department. October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  48. ^ "Palisades Brush Fire". Los Angeles Fire Department. October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  49. ^ "Kincade Fire: 2,000 people evacuated, 16,000 acres burned". October 24, 2019.
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  52. ^ "Old Water Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". inciweb.nwcg.gov.
  53. ^ "L.A. County Fire Department (@LACoFDPIO) | Twitter". twitter.com.
  54. ^ Staff, LAist. "Tick Fire: 4,615 Acres Burned, Most Evacuations Lifted As Firefighters Tackle Hotspots". LAist.[permanent dead link]

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