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California Wildfires 2020

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2020 Wildfires in California

TOTAL ACRES 
4,397,809 acres

This was a year of many “Complex Fires” inside California. These names were given to a grouping of multiple forest fires caused by lightning strikes, during dry thunderstorm events in mid August. The coastal Santa Cruz redwoods were on fire; then shortly after the Sierra Nevada started burning fast, and campers were rescued by helicopter. We started loosing Giant Sequoia trees at an alarming rate – starting this year.

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Riverside Co
33,424 Acres
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Glenn, Mendocino, Lake, Tehama, Trinity, Shasta Counties
1,032,648 Acres
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Blue Ridge Fire
Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside Counties
13,694 Acres
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Los Angeles Co
115,997 Acres
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Butte/Tehama/Glenn Lightning Complex 
Butte Co
19,609 Acres
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Fresno, Madera Counties
379,895 Acres
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San Mateo, Santa Cruz Counties
86,509 Acres
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Monterey Co
124,924 Acres
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Dome Fire (Mojave Preserve)
San Bernardino Co
43,273 Acres
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San Bernardino, Riverside
22,744 Acres
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Napa, Sonoma Counties
67,484 Acres
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Lassen Co
22,634 Acres
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Hog Fire
Lassen Co
9,564 Acres
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July Complex
Modoc, Siskiyou Counties
83,261 Acres
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Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Yolo Counties
363,220 Acres
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Loyalton Fire
Lassen, Plumas, Sierra Counties
47,029
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Fresno Co
29,667 Acres
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Mountain View Fire
Mono, Alpine Counties
20,385 Acres
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North Complex
Bear Fire
Plumas, Butte Counties
318,935 Acres
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Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity Counties
144,698 Acres
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River Fire
Monterey Co
48,088 Acres
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Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Merced, Stanislaus Counties
396,624 Acres
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Sheep Fire
Plumas, Lassen Counties
29,570 Acres
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Orange Co
12,466 Acres
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Siskiyou, Del Norte Counties
166,127 Acres
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Slink Fire
Alpine, Mono Counties
26,759 Acres
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SQF Complex
Castle Fire
Tulare Co
174,178 Acres
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Valley Fire
San Diego Co
16,390 Acres
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W-5 Cold Springs
Lassen, Modoc Counties
84,817 Acres
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Shasta Co
56,338 Acres

 

California Wildfire Affected Areas