2013 California wildfires
2013 California wildfires | |
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Statistics[1][2] | |
Total fires | 9,907 |
Total area | 601,635 acres (2,434.73 km2) |
Impacts | |
Deaths | 1 |
Non-fatal injuries | At least 125 |
Structures destroyed | 495 [3] |
Damage | >$218.15 million (2013 USD) |
Map | |
![]() A map of wildfires in California in 2013, using Cal Fire data | |
Season | |
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9,907 wildfires burned at least 601,625 acres (2,434.69 km2) of land in the state of California during 2013.[1][2] The wildfires injured at least 125 people and killed at least 1. They also caused over $218.15 million (2013 USD) in damage.[2] These included several large, notable wildfires, including the Rim Fire, which became California's 3rd largest wildfire.
Fires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (400 ha) during the 2013 fire season.[4] The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
Name | County | Acres | Km2 | Start Date | Contained Date | Notes |
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Panther | Tehama | 6,896 | 27.9 | May 1, 2013 | May 9, 2013 | |
Summit | Riverside | 3,161 | 12.8 | May 1, 2013 | May 4, 2013 | 1 structure destroyed |
Springs | Ventura | 24,251 | 98.1 | May 2, 2013 | May 9, 2013 | |
Grand | Kern | 4,346 | 17.6 | May 15, 2013 | May 22, 2013 | |
San Felipe | San Diego | 2,650 | 10.7 | May 23, 2013 | May 29, 2013 | |
General | San Diego | 2,500 | 10.1 | May 26, 2013 | May 31, 2013 | |
White | Santa Barbara | 1,984 | 8.0 | May 27, 2013 | June 5, 2013 | |
Powerhouse | Los Angeles | 30,274 | 122.5 | May 30, 2013 | June 10, 2013 | 58 structures destroyed |
Hathaway | Riverside | 3,870 | 15.7 | June 9, 2013 | October 15, 2013 | |
Carstens | Mariposa | 1,708 | 6.9 | June 16, 2013 | June 26, 2013 | |
Chariot | San Diego | 7,055 | 28.6 | July 6, 2013 | July 15, 2013 | 149 structures destroyed |
Mountain | Riverside | 27,531 | 111.4 | July 15, 2013 | July 31, 2013 | |
Aspen | Fresno | 22,992 | 93.0 | July 22, 2013 | September 8, 2013 | |
Forks Complex | Siskiyou | 37,246 | 150.7 | July 31, 2013 | October 1, 2013 | |
Salmon River Complex | Siskiyou | 14,754 | 59.7 | July 31, 2013 | August 31, 2013 | |
Falls | Riverside | 1,383 | 5.6 | August 5, 2013 | August 9, 2013 | |
Power | Tuolumne | 1,070 | 4.3 | August 5, 2013 | August 13, 2013 | |
Silver | Riverside | 20,292 | 82.1 | August 7, 2013 | August 12, 2013 | |
Corral Complex | Humboldt | 12,503 | 50.6 | August 10, 2013 | 2 October 2013 | |
American | Placer | 22,407 | 90.7 | August 11, 2013 | August 29, 2013 | |
Swedes | Butte | 2,264 | 9.2 | August 16, 2013 | August 22, 2013 | |
Rim | Tuolumne | 257,314 | 1,041.3 | August 17, 2013 | October 27, 2013 | 112 structures destroyed |
Mission | Monterey | 4,500 | 18.2 | August 22, 2013 | August 25, 2013 | |
Deer | Tehama | 11,429 | 46.3 | August 23, 2013 | August 29, 2013 | |
Fish | Tulare | 2,060 | 8.3 | August 23, 2013 | September 5, 2013 | |
Morgan | Contra Costa | 3,100 | 12.5 | September 8, 2013 | September 14, 2013 | Ignited at Mount Diablo. |
Clover | Shasta | 8,073 | 32.7 | September 9, 2013 | September 15, 2013 | 196 structures destroyed, 1 fatality |
DeLuz | San Diego | 2,236 | 9.0 | October 5, 2013 | October 9, 2013 | |
McCabe | Sonoma | 3,505 | 14.2 | November 22, 2013 | November 28, 2013 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Report of Wildland Fires and Acres Burned by State" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ a b c Ken Pimlott; John Laird; Edmond G. Brown Jr. (September 3, 2014). "2013 Wildfire Statistics" (PDF). CalFire. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ^ "2013 Incident Archive". CALFIRE. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ "Large Fires 2013" (PDF). CAL FIRE. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
External links
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- Photos of the fire at weather.com Archived 2013-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Current Fire Information Archived 2011-02-20 at the Wayback Machine. CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection)
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