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Coordinates: 40°37′16″N 120°09′07″W / 40.621°N 120.152°W / 40.621; -120.152
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Rush Fire
Date(s)August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12) – August 30, 2012 (2012-08-30)
LocationLassen County, California
Washoe County, Nevada
Coordinates40°37′16″N 120°09′07″W / 40.621°N 120.152°W / 40.621; -120.152
Statistics[1][2]
Burned area315,577 acres (1,280 km2)
  • 271,911 acres (1,100 km2) in CA
  • 43,686 acres (177 km2) in NV
Impacts
Structures destroyed1
Ignition
CauseLightning

The Rush Fire was the largest wildfire of the 2012 California wildfire season.[3] The fire, which started in Lassen County, California, eventually spread into Washoe County, Nevada. The fire consumed a total of 315,577 acres (490 sq mi; 1,280 km2) of sagebrush, of which 271,991 acres (1,100 km2; 420 sq mi) were in California.[1] At the time, the burn area in California made the Rush Fire the second-largest wildfire in California since 1932 (when accurate area estimates became available).[1] In December 2017, the Thomas Fire surpassed the Rush Fire to become the second-largest wildfire in modern California history, in terms of the area burned in California.[4][5] In mid-August 2018, the Ranch Fire in the Mendocino Complex Fire surpassed the total acreage of the Rush Fire in both California and Nevada.[6]

The fire destroyed important habitat for the greater sage-grouse, as well as a single barn.[7] On August 30, 2012, the Rush Fire was 100% contained.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rush Fire". Inciweb. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  2. ^ a b "Rush Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Large Fires 2012" (PDF). CAL FIRE. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Thomas Fire: InciWeb Incident Information Systems". InciWeb. December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  5. ^ Hailey Branson-Potts; Nicole Santa Cruz (December 20, 2017). "The Thomas fire is now the second largest in modern California history". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  6. ^ Chris Wilson; David Johnson; Jennifer Calfas (16 August 2018). "California's Massive Wildfires Are Nearly 10 Times the Size of San Francisco". Time. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Rush fire consumes 205,000 acres, one barn". Lassen County Times. 2012-08-17.
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