2020 California wildfires

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2020 California wildfires
Statistics[1]
Total fires6,060
Total area227,349 acres (92,005 ha)
Impacts
Deaths1
Non-fatal injuries5
Damageunknown
Season
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Aurora Fire

The 2020 California wildfire season is a series of wildfires that are burning across the state of California. The peak of the wildfire season usually occurs between August and November when hot, dry winds are most frequent. The wildfire season typically does not end until the first significant rainstorm of winter arrives, which is usually around October in Northern California, and roughly between late October to December in Southern California. As of August 9, 2020, a total of 6,060 fires have burned 227,349 acres (92,005 ha) according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.[1]

Early outlook

Early in the year, there was a concern for the potential 2020 fire season to be prolonged and especially grave due to the unusually dry months of January and February which were recorded as one of the driest first two months of any calendar year on record.[2] On March 22, a state of emergency was declared by California governor Gavin Newsom due to a mass die-off of trees throughout the state, potentially increasing the risk of wildfires.[3] Throughout March and April, rain began to consistently fall in the state which lessened the severe drying conditions. However, Northern California was expected to have severe wildfire conditions due to the moderate or severe drought conditions in the area, whereas Central and Southern California were expected to have serious fire conditions later in the year due to the late wet season and precipitation.[4]

Wildfires

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
Interstate 5 Kings 2,060 May 3 May 7 [5]
Range San Luis Obispo 5,000 May 27 May 28 [6]
Scorpion Santa Barbara 1,395 May 31 June 1 [7]
Quail Solano 1,837 June 6 June 10 3 structures destroyed [8][9]
Wood San Diego 11,000 June 8 June 12 Burned on Camp Pendleton [10]
India San Diego 1,100 June 8 June 14 Burning on Camp Pendleton [11]
Soda San Luis Obispo 1,672 June 10 June 11 2 structures destroyed [12][13]
Grant Sacramento 5,042 June 12 June 17 [14]
Walker Calaveras 1,455 June 16 June 20 2 structures destroyed [15]
River San Luis Obispo 15 June 22 June 23 2 structures destroyed, 9 damaged [16]
Grade Tulare 1,050 June 22 June 26 [17]
Pass Merced 2,192 June 28 June 30 [18]
Bena Kern 2,900 July 1 July 3 [19]
Crews Santa Clara 5,513 July 5 July 13 1 structure destroyed; 1 damaged; 1 injury. Resulted in evacuations of rural Gilroy. [20]
Soledad Los Angeles 1,525 July 5 July 15 1 injury [21]
Mineral Fresno 29,667 July 13 July 26 7 structures destroyed [22] [23]
Coyote San Benito 1,508 July 15 July 18 [24]
Hog Lassen 9,564 July 18 August 8 2 structures destroyed [25]
Gold Lassen 22,634 July 20 August 8 13 structures destroyed; 5 structures damaged; 2 firefighters injured in burnover [26]
July Complex 2020 Modoc, Siskiyou 83,261 July 22 August 7 1 structure destroyed; 3 outbuildings destroyed [27]
Red Salmon Complex Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity 10,209 July 26 34% Contained as of August 13 Burning as both the Red Fire (9,399 acres) and the Salmon Fire (807 acres); both started by lightning strikes [28][29]
Apple Riverside 33,424 July 31 90% Contained as of August 14 4 structures destroyed; 8 outbuildings destroyed; 1 firefighter injured [30]
Pond San Luis Obispo 1,962 August 1 August 8 1 structure destroyed; 1 damaged; 13 outbuildings destroyed[31] [32]
North Lassen 6,882 August 2 August 10 6,882 acres in total, of which approximately 4,105 acres burned in Washoe County, Nevada [33]
Stagecoach Kern 7,760 August 3 99% Contained as of August 12 12 structures destroyed; 2 damaged; 25 outbuildings destroyed; 2 damaged;[34] 1 firefighter fatality[35] [36]
Lake Los Angeles 17,482 August 12 12% Contained as of August 14 3 structures destroyed [37]
Ranch Los Angeles 1,500 August 13 0% Contained as of August 14 [38]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Fire Statistics". CAL FIRE. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Leonard, Diana. "Dry California winter prompts wildfire and drought concerns". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Daniels, Jeff. "California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency due to increased wildfire risk". CNBC. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Roach, John. "What's expected for the 2020 California wildfire season?". AccuWeather. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Interstate 6 Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. May 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "Range Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. May 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Scorpion Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. June 1, 2020.
  8. ^ Moleski, Vincent (June 7, 2020). "Quail fire outside Vacaville surpasses 1,800 acres". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved June 7, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  9. ^ "Quail Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. June 7, 2020.
  10. ^ "Wood Fire Containment Information". twitter.com/MCIWPendletonCA. June 12, 2020.
  11. ^ "India Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. June 9, 2020.
  12. ^ "Soda Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. June 11, 2020.
  13. ^ "Soda Fire Now 100% Contained". KEYT.com. June 11, 2020.
  14. ^ "Grant Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. June 11, 2020.
  15. ^ "Walker Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. June 11, 2020.
  16. ^ "Paso Robles River Fire 100% contained; evacuations to be lifted at 3 p.m." KSBY News. June 23, 2020.
  17. ^ "Grade Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. June 26, 2020.
  18. ^ "Pass Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. June 28, 2020.
  19. ^ "Bena Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. June 11, 2020.
  20. ^ "Crews Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. July 5, 2020.
  21. ^ "Soledad Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". inciweb.nwcg.gov. July 5, 2020.
  22. ^ "Mineral Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". inciweb.nwcg.gov. July 14, 2020.
  23. ^ "Mineral Fire 2020 Information". fire.ca.gov. July 13, 2020.
  24. ^ fire.ca.gov. July 16, 2020 https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/7/15/coyote-fire/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  25. ^ "Hog Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. July 5, 2020.
  26. ^ "Gold Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. July 21, 2020.
  27. ^ "July Complex 2020 Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. July 23, 2020.
  28. ^ "Red Salmon Complex Fire Information". inciweb.nwcg.gov/. August 2, 2020.
  29. ^ "Interactive Map with acerage for both Red and Salmon fires". ucanr.edu. August 3, 2020.
  30. ^ "Apple Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. July 31, 2020.
  31. ^ Staff, KSBY. "UPDATE: Pond Fire 67% contained, 2,005 acres burned". KSBY. Retrieved August 3, 2020. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  32. ^ "Pond Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. August 2, 2020.
  33. ^ "North Fire Information". inciweb.nwcg.gov/. August 3, 2020.
  34. ^ "Stagecoach Fire now 7,760 acres, 64% contained and 37 structures destroyed". KBAK-TV. August 4, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  35. ^ "Firefighter Dies While Assigned to Stagecoach Fire". KNBC. August 12, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  36. ^ "Stagecoach Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. August 3, 2020.
  37. ^ "Lake Fire Information". inciweb.nwcg.gov/. August 12, 2020.
  38. ^ "Ranch Fire Information". fire.ca.gov. August 12, 2020.

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