2012 California wildfires
2012 California wildfires | |
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Location | California Nevada (Rush Fire only) |
Statistics[1] | |
Total fires | 7,950 |
Total area | 869,599 acres (3,519.14 km2) |
Cost | >$338.21 million (2012 USD)[2] |
Deaths | None reported[3] |
Non-fatal injuries | Unknown |
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The 2012 California wildfires were a series of 7,950 wildfires that burned across the state of California in 2012. The fires burned a total of 869,599 acres (3,519.14 km2), including the massive Rush Fire, which was the tenth-largest wildfire recorded in California in modern times.[1][3]
Fires[]
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) during the 2012 fire season.[3] 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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San Diego | 5,320 | 21.5 | May 24, 2012 | May 29, 2012 | ||
Tulare | 1,707 | 6.9 | June 1, 2012 | June 15, 2012 | ||
Gaines | Mariposa | 1,700 | 6.9 | June 12, 2012 | June 14, 2012 | |
Riverside | 2,171 | 8.8 | June 16, 2012 | June 18, 2012 | ||
Mariposa | 1,705 | 6.9 | June 16, 2012 | November 26, 2012 | ||
Shasta | 1,083 | 4.4 | July 5, 2012 | July 7, 2012 | 2 structures destroyed | |
Inyo | 1,103 | 4.5 | July 7, 2012 | July 9, 2012 | ||
Colusa | 29,502 | 119.4 | July 7, 2012 | July 18, 2012 | 5 structures destroyed | |
Colusa | 1,870 | 7.6 | July 8, 2012 | July 12, 2012 | ||
Colusa | 1,870 | 7.6 | July 9, 2012 | July 12, 2012 | ||
Monterey | 2,529 | 10.2 | July 9, 2012 | July 20, 2012 | ||
Placer | 2,650 | 10.7 | July 11, 2012 | July 21, 2012 | 8 structures destroyed | |
Trinity | 1,688 | 6.8 | July 11, 2012 | July 17, 2012 | ||
Kern | 1,428 | 5.8 | July 14, 2012 | uly 19, 2012 | 1 structure destroyed | |
Lassen | 1,169 | 4.7 | July 18, 2012 | July 21, 2012 | ||
Shasta | 28,079 | 113.6 | July 23, 2012 | August 21, 2012 | ||
Plumas | 75,217 | 304.4 | July 29, 2012 | August 31, 2012 | 9 structures destroyed | |
Riverside | 1,000 | 4.0 | August 4, 2012 | August 4, 2012 | ||
Kern | 1,783 | 7.2 | August 4, 2012 | August 11, 2012 | ||
Modoc | 1,668 | 6.8 | August 5, 2012 | August 9, 2012 | ||
Siskiyou | 23,653 | 95.7 | August 5, 2012 | September 10, 2012 | ||
Barry Point | Modoc | 38,394 | 155.4 | August 6, 2012 | August 28, 2012 | 3 structures destroyed |
Mono | 12,574 | 50.9 | August 8, 2012 | August 15, 2012 | ||
San Diego | 2,006 | 8.1 | August 9, 2012 | August 12, 2012 | ||
Kern | 1,218 | 4.9 | August 10, 2012 | August 22, 2012 | 19 structures destroyed | |
Calaveras | 1,137 | 4.6 | August 11, 2012 | August 31, 2012 | ||
Lake | 2,934 | 11.9 | August 12, 2012 | August 18, 2012 | 3 structures destroyed | |
Walker | Lake | 5,000 | 20.2 | August 12, 2012 | August 14, 2012 | |
Rush | Lassen | 271,911 | 1,100.4 | August 12, 2012 | August 31, 2012 | |
San Diego | 22,829 | 92.4 | August 13, 2012 | August 20, 2012 | ||
Tehama | 1,641 | 6.6 | August 13, 2012 | August 23, 2012 | ||
Riverside | 2,681 | 10.8 | August 14, 2012 | August 18, 2012 | 4 structures destroyed | |
Nelson | Modoc | 3,661 | 14.8 | August 17, 2012 | August 21, 2012 | |
Ponderosa | Tehama | 27,676 | 112.0 | August 18, 2012 | September 2, 2012 | 133 structures destroyed |
Shasta | 1,000 | 4.0 | August 18, 2012 | August 22, 2012 | ||
Mendocino | 41,983 | 169.9 | August 18, 2012 | September 16, 2012 | 26 structures destroyed | |
Shasta | 46,011 | 186.2 | August 18, 2012 | September 15, 2012 | ||
Los Angeles | 4,192 | 17.0 | September 2, 2012 | September 11, 2012 | ||
Colusa | 19,000 | 76.9 | September 4, 2012 | September 11, 2012 | ||
Trinity | 4,407 | 17.8 | September 5, 2012 | September 13, 2012 | ||
Lassen | 9,838 | 39.8 | September 5, 2012 | September 14, 2012 | ||
Lake | 4,517 | 18.3 | September 7, 2012 | September 14, 2012 | ||
San Diego | 2,555 | 10.3 | September 23, 2012 | September 27, 2012 | 39 structures destroyed |
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2012 wildfires in California. |
- ^ a b "National Report of Wildland Fires and Acres Burned by State 2012" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "CAL FIRE 2012 Wildland Fire Summary" (PDF). CalFire. September 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Large Fires 2012" (PDF). CAL FIRE. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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