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California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [3] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.
Zaca Fire: California: Started July. Second largest California fire at the time after the Cedar fire of 2003. 2007: 972,000 acres (393,000 ha) October 2007 California wildfires: California: A series of wildfires that killed 9 people and injured 85 (including 61 firefighters). Burned at least 1,500 homes from the Santa Barbara County to the U.S ...
A number of factors contributed to the size and intensity of the Dixie Fire. 2021 was the hottest summer ever recorded in California. [17] That year also saw further intensification of what scientists have found to be the most extreme megadrought in at least 1,200 years in the Western/Southwestern United States, amplified by high temperatures, low precipitation, and anthropogenic climate ...
Since 2020, approximately 70,000 acres of the state were burned by fires attributed to arson, and Cal Fire arrested 580 people on suspicion of the crime, according to Cal Fire data. Year to year ...
The Bobcat Fire was a large wildfire in Los Angeles County during the 2020 California wildfire season. The fire ignited on September 6, 2020, and burned 115,997 acres (46,942 ha) before it was fully contained by November 27.
Bel Air Fire (aka Brentwood Fire) – Nov. 6, 1961 The Bel Air Fire of 1961 began as a brush fire in the tony Los Angeles community of the same name, destroying 484 homes and burning more than ...
Experts have long said that climate change is a key driver in the risk and size of wildfires. A 2021 study found climate change was the main cause in an increase in fire weather.
The Soberanes Fire was a large wildfire that burned from July to October 2016 in the Santa Lucia Mountains of Monterey County, California. It destroyed 57 homes and killed a bulldozer operator, and cost about $260 million to suppress, making it at the time the most expensive wildfire to fight in United States history.