2015 California wildfires

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2015 California wildfires
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Smoke from the 2015 California wildfires as seen from space, on August 18, 2015
Statistics[1]
Total fires8,745
Total area893,362 acres (3,615 km2)
Impacts
Deaths2 firefighters and 7 civilians killed
Non-fatal injuriesAt least 1
Damage≥4.771 billion (2015 USD)[2][3]
Map
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A map of wildfires in California in 2015, using Cal Fire data
Season
← 2014

By the end of 2015 a total of 8,745 wildfires were recorded across the state of California, burning 893,362 acres (3,615 km2).[1] Approximately 3,159 structures were damaged or destroyed by wildfires, and at least 7 fatalities were recorded.

On September 11, after the Butte Fire exploded from a size of 32,000 acres (129 km2)[4] to 65,000 acres (263 km2), in the Amador and Calaveras counties, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency.[5]

Background

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". The timing of "fire season" in California is variable, depending on the amount of prior winter and spring precipitation, the frequency and severity of weather such as heat waves and wind events, and moisture content in vegetation. Northern California typically sees wildfire activity between late spring and early fall, peaking in the summer with hotter and drier conditions. Occasional cold frontal passages can bring wind and lightning. The timing of fire season in Southern California is similar, peaking between late spring and fall. The severity and duration of peak activity in either part of the state is modulated in part by weather events: downslope/offshore wind events can lead to critical fire weather, while onshore flow and Pacific weather systems can bring conditions that hamper wildfire growth.[6][7]

Nationwide fire season

The National Interagency Fire Center reported in mid-August that the 2015 fire season had been the most destructive since 2011. Nationwide, three times as much land, for a total of 6,058,694 acres (24,519 km2), had been burned since the 2014 season.[8] By the end of August, in terms of the land area burned, the 2015 nationwide wildfire season had surpassed any other wildfire season in the last 10 years, with 7,825,559 acres (31,669 km2) burned.[9]

Fatalities

The season also proved to be a deadly one for firefighters battling the many blazes throughout the state. A United States Forest Service member from South Dakota died on July 31 from carbon monoxide poisoning, while battling the Frog Fire in the Modoc National Forest.[10] A second firefighter was killed on August 8 by a falling tree, while battling the Sierra Fire south of Echo Summit.[11] A 72-year-old disabled woman was killed in her home by the fast-moving Valley Fire.[12]

List of wildfires

Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (400 ha) during the 2015 California wildfire season, as well as the fires that caused significant damage.[13] The information is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires, and other sources where indicated.

Name County Acres Km2 Start date Containment Date[a] Notes Ref
Round Inyo 7,000 28.3 February 6, 2015 February 12, 2015 [15]
Highway Riverside 1,049 4.2 April 18, 2015 April 24, 2015 [16]
Lake San Bernardino 31,359 126.9 June 17, 2015 August 1, 2015 [17]
Park Hill San Luis Obispo 1,791 7.2 June 20, 2015 June 24, 2015 [18]
North San Bernardino 4,250 17.2 July 17, 2015 July 21, 2015 7 houses and 44 vehicles destroyed [19]
Wragg Napa 8,051 32.6 July 22, 2015 August 6, 2015 [20]
Rocky Lake, Colusa, Yolo 69,438 281.0 July 29, 2015 August 14, 2015 96 structures destroyed [21]
Fork Complex Shasta 36,503 147.7 July 30, 2015 November 3, 2015 [22][23]
River Complex Trinity 77,081 311.9 July 30, 2015 October 29, 2015 [24]
Frog Lassen 4,863 19.7 July 30, 2015 August 20, 2015 1 firefighter killed [25]
Humboldt Lightning Humboldt 4,883 19.8 July 30, 2015 August 19, 2015 [26]
Mad River Complex Humboldt 73,137 296.0 July 30, 2015 September 13, 2015 includes Route Complex Fire [27]
Rough Fresno 151,623 613.6 July 31, 2015 November 5, 2015 [28]
Dodge Lassen 10,570 42.8 August 3, 2015 August 17, 2015 [29]
Gasquet Del Norte 30,361 122.9 August 3, 2015 October 15, 2015 Fires: Feeder (100%), Coon (100%),
Bear (100%) and Peak (100% containment)		 [30]
Jerusalem Lake, Napa 25,118 101.6 August 9, 2015 August 25, 2015 [31]
Cabin Glendora 1,723 7.0 August 14, 2015 November 20, 2015 5 structures destroyed [32]
Cuesta San Luis Obispo 2,446 9.9 August 16, 2015 August 28, 2015 [33]
Tesla Alameda 2,700 10.9 August 19, 2015 August 22, 2015 [34]
Butte Amador 70,868 286.8 September 9, 2015 October 1, 2015 2 civilians fatalities
475 residences & 343 outbuildings destroyed		 [35]
Valley Lake 76,067 307.8 September 12, 2015 October 15, 2015 4 civilian fatalities, 1,955 structures destroyed; 6th most destructive wildfire in modern California history (as of 2022)[36] [37]
Tassajara Monterey 1,086 4.4 September 19, 2015 September 27, 2015 1 civilian fatality [38]
Solimar Ventura 1,388 5.6 December 25, 2015 December 29, 2015 1 minor ankle injury[39] [40]

See also

Notes

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  1. ^ Containment means that fire crews have established and secured control lines around the fire's perimeter. These lines are artificial barriers, like trenches or cleared vegetation, designed to stop the fire's spread, or natural barriers like rivers. Containment reflects progress in managing the fire but does not necessarily mean the fire is starved of fuel, under control, or put out.[14]

References

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  23. ^ Fire areas reopened on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest
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