2004 California wildfires

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2004 California wildfires
Statistics[1]
Total fires7,898[1]
Total area311,024 acres (1,258.67 km2)[1]
Cost>$296.9 million (2004 USD)[2]
Deaths2 firefighters[3]
Season
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The 2004 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2004. In total, there were 7,898 fires[1] that burned 311,024 acres (1,258.67 km2) of land.[1]

Fires[]

Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) during the 2004 fire season.[3] The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.

Name County Acres Km2 Start Date Contained Date Notes
Riverside 2,464 10.0 April 25, 2004 April 26, 2004
San Diego 2,040 8.3 May 2, 2004 May 3, 2004
Riverside 8,831 35.7 May 2, 2004 May 7, 2004 41 structures destroyed
Riverside 16,460 66.6 May 3, 2004 May 7, 2004 26 structures destroyed
Santa Barbara 1,127 4.6 May 3, 2004 May 7, 2004 1 structure destroyed
Riverside 1,845 7.5 May 12, 2004 May 15, 2004
Santa Barbara 7,440 30.1 June 5, 2004 June 11, 2004 4 structures destroyed
Mariposa 5,060 20.5 June 27, 2004 July 1, 2004
Shasta 3,304 13.4 June 28, 2004 September 13, 2004 Burned in Lassen Volcanic National Park[4]
Riverside 3,833 15.5 July 11, 2004 July 16, 2004
Fresno 1,307 5.3 July 11, 2004 July 13, 2004
Los Angeles 17,418 70.5 July 12, 2004 July 21, 2004 15 structures destroyed, 1 firefighter fatality
San Diego 8,649 35.0 July 13, 2004 July 15, 2004 3 structures destroyed
Riverside 3,667 14.8 July 17, 2004 July 20, 2004 20 structures destroyed
Los Angeles 6,002 24.3 July 17, 2004 July 21, 2004
Stanislaus 1,500 6.1 July 19, 2004 July 24, 2004
Los Angeles 18,026 72.9 July 20, 2004 July 23, 2004 7 structures destroyed
Lassen 3,422 13.8 July 22, 2004 July 29, 2004
Siskiyou 2,400 9.7 July 24, 2004 July 26, 2004
Trinity 4,030 16.3 July 28, 2004 August 3, 2004 4 structures destroyed
Los Angeles 1,330 5.4 August 7, 2004 August 9, 2004
Calaveras 3,443 13.9 August 8, 2004 August 9, 2004
Santa Clara 1,246 5.0 August 8, 2004 August 10, 2004
Tuolumne 1,670 6.8 August 9, 2004 August 11, 2004
Butte 2,030 8.2 August 11, 2004 August 15, 2004 4 structures destroyed
Shasta 10,848 43.9 August 11, 2004 August 16, 2004 86 structures destroyed
Tulare 3,148 12.7 August 12, 2004 August 16, 2004
Shasta 13,005 52.6 August 14, 2004 August 20, 2004 30 structures destroyed
Lake 12,525 50.7 September 3, 2004 September 8, 2004 21 structures destroyed
Calaveras 2,476 10.0 September 3, 2004 September 5, 2004 125 structures destroyed
Napa 1,100 4.5 September 4, 2004 September 4, 2004
San Bernardino 1,007 4.1 September 7, 2004 September 9, 2004
Mariposa 1,347 5.5 September 12, 2004 September 15, 2004
Amador 16,800 68.0 October 6, 2004 October 21, 2004
Rumsey Yolo 39,138 158.4 October 10, 2004 October 16, 2004 6 structures destroyed
El Dorado 7,700 31.2 October 13, 2004 October 17, 2004

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "2004 Wildfire Activity Stats" (PDF). NIFC. February 14, 2005. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "CDF 2004 Fire Season Summary" (PDF). CalFire. August 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Large Fires 2004" (PDF). CAL FIRE. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
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