2002 California wildfires

2002 California wildfires
NASA satellite image of Santa Ana winds blowing across Southern California and starting wildfires, on February 9, 2002
Statistics[2][3]
Total fires8,328[1]
Total area969,890 acres (3,925.0 km2)
Impacts
Deaths6 firefighters killed
Non-fatal injuriesUnknown
Damage$308.977 million (2002 USD)
Season
← 2001
2003 →

The 2002 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2002. In total, there were 8,328 fires[1] that burned 969,890 acres (3,925.0 km2) of land.[3]

Fires

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Below is a list of fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) or caused a notable amount of damage during the 2002 fire season.[3] The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.

Name County Acres Km2 Start Date Contained Date Notes
Green Riverside 2,400 9.7 February 9, 2002 February 13, 2002
Gavilan San Diego 5,763 23.3 February 10, 2002 February 15, 2002 43 buildings destroyed, 13 buildings damaged
Nicholas Madera 12,000 48.6 March 16, 2002 March 16, 2002
Aliso San Diego 2,400 9.7 March 21, 2002 March 22, 2002
Bouquet Los Angeles 4,977 20.1 May 11, 2002 May 13, 2002
Mateo San Diego 1,500 6.1 May 13, 2002 May 13, 2002
State 925 Riverside 1,472 6.0 May 13, 2002 May 15, 2002
Ahlem Merced 6,000 24.3 May 23, 2002 May 23, 2002
Arrowhead San Bernardino 2,688 10.9 May 31, 2002 June 5, 2002
Wolf Ventura 21,645 87.6 June 1, 2002 June 14, 2002 6 structures destroyed
Copper Los Angeles 23,407 94.7 June 5, 2002 June 12, 2002 26 structures destroyed
Skyway Butte 2,000 8.1 June 8, 2002 June 9, 2002
Davis San Luis Obispo 2,118 8.6 June 9, 2002 June 9, 2002
Forks Siskiyou 1,400 5.7 June 12, 2002 June 15, 2002
Bluecut San Bernardino 6,864 27.8 June 16, 2002 June 22, 2002
Borel Kern 3,430 13.9 June 15, 2002 June 17, 2002 19 structures destroyed
Sudden Ranch Santa Barbara 7,782 31.5 June 17, 2002 June 19, 2002 1 structure destroyed
Copo Los Angeles 1,460 5.9 June 18, 2002 June 21, 2002 1 structures destroyed
Vieux Alameda 1,029 4.2 June 18, 2002 June 18, 2002
Troy San Diego 1,188 4.8 June 19, 2002 June 22, 2002 3 buildings destroyed, 1 damaged
Stage Tulare 1,100 4.5 June 22, 2002 June 22, 2002
Louisiana San Bernardino 6,574 26.6 June 26, 2002 June 30, 2002 7 buildings destroyed
Cottonwood Merced 1,000 4.0 July 4, 2002 July 4, 2002
596 Lassen 4,500 18.2 July 12, 2002 July 13, 2002
Garnet San Diego 1,166 4.7 July 13, 2002 July 16, 2002
Mussolini Siskiyou 3,260 13.2 July 13, 2002 July 16, 2002
Sour Biscuit Del Norte 28,772 116.4 July 13, 2002 August 2, 2002
Inyo Complex Inyo 6,550 26.5 July 15, 2002 July 16, 2002
Horse Complex Lassen 1,850 7.5 July 15, 2002 July 15, 2002
Highway 58 San Luis Obispo 1,380 5.6 July 18, 2002 July 19, 2002 6 structures destroyed
Deer Kern 1,800 7.3 July 21, 2002 July 24, 2002 94 structures destroyed
McNally Tulare 150,696 609.8 July 21, 2002 September 3, 2002 17 structures destroyed
Stanza Siskiyou 2,880 11.7 July 26, 2002 August 2, 2002 3 firefighters killed
Pines San Diego 61,690 249.7 July 29, 2002 August 16, 2002 160 structures destroyed, 4 damaged; caused by damaged electric power lines
Fort Hunter Liggett Monterey 1,400 5.7 August 10, 2002 August 11, 2002
Curve Los Angeles 20,857 84.4 September 1, 2002 September 5, 2002 73 structures destroyed
Freeway Los Angeles 1,043 4.2 September 1, 2002 September 3, 2002
Leona Los Angeles 5,124 20.7 September 3, 2002 September 6, 2002 16 structures destroyed
Mountain Los Angeles 594 2.4 September 9, 2002 September 11, 2002
Oasis Los Angeles 1,305 5.3 September 14, 2002 September 14, 2002
Sierra Placer 1,305 5.3 September 18, 2002 September 18, 2002 21 structures destroyed
Williams Los Angeles 38,094 154.2 September 22, 2002 October 7, 2002 77 structures destroyed
Croy Santa Clara 3,127 12.7 September 23, 2002 September 28, 2002 34 structures destroyed, 4 damaged
Cone Lassen 2,006 8.1 September 26, 2002 September 30, 2002
Sixteen Yolo 1,500 6.1 October 1, 2002 October 2, 2002
Plum El Dorado 1,765 7.1 November 26, 2002 November 28, 2002
Pine Mendocino 1,200 4.9 November 26, 2002 November 28, 2002 7 structures destroyed

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Report of Wildland Fires and Acres Burned by State in 2002" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ "CDF 2002 Fire Season Summary" (PDF). CalFire. February 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "2002 Large Fires" (PDF). CAL FIRE. February 11, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
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