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The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. [1] Approximately 3,629 structures were damaged or destroyed by the wildfires, and at least seven firefighters and two ...
The 2022 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 7,667 fires had been recorded, totaling approximately 363,939 acres (147,281 hectares) across the state. Wildfires killed nine people in California in 2022, destroyed 772 structures, and damaged another 104.
The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year of wildfires in California. By the end of the year, 9,917 fires [1] had burned 4,397,809 acres (1,779,730 ha), [2] [3] [3] more than 4% of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire season ...
The 2021 Dixie Fire was an enormous wildfire in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama counties in Northern California. Named after a nearby Dixie Road, the fire began in the Feather River Canyon near Cresta Dam in Butte County on July 13, 2021, and burned 963,309 acres (389,837 ha) before it was declared 100 percent contained on October 25, 2021.
Mosquito Fire A pyrocumulonimbus cloud rises from the Mosquito Fire on September 8, 2022 Date(s) September 6, 2022 (2022-09-06) – October 22, 2022 (2022-10-22) (47 days) Location Placer and El Dorado County, California Coordinates 39°00′22″N 120°44′42″W / 39.006°N 120.745°W / 39.006; -120.745 Statistics Burned area 76,788 acres (31,075 ha; 120 sq mi; 311 km 2) Impacts ...
The 2020 Creek Fire was a very large wildfire in central California's Sierra National Forest, in Fresno and Madera counties. One of the most significant fires of California's record-setting 2020 wildfire season, it began on September 4, 2020, and burned 379,895 acres (153,738 ha) over several months until it was declared 100% contained on December 24, 2020.
Oak Fire (2022) / 37.5509366; -119.9234728. The Oak Fire was a destructive wildfire that burned north of the community of Bootjack in Mariposa County, California and in the Sierra National Forest, during the 2022 California wildfire season. [2] The fire was reported on July 22, 2022, and burned 19,244 acres (7,788 ha) before being fully ...
The 2023 California wildfire season is a series of significant wildfires that burned in the U.S. state of California during the calendar year. According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 fires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares).