Top 5 biggest fires in california. Apple fire began late last week and now two separate fires have erupted on the west coast. The october 2017 northern california wildfires were a large group of forest fires that killed 44 people and destroyed 8900 structures. Fires this with the same death count are listed list does not include fire jurisdiction.
Morna rogers created date. Largest wildfire in modern california history at the time see 1889 santiago canyon fire that may have been larger. These are the top 20 regardless of whether they were state federal or local responsibility.
Top 20 largest california wildfires. Here are the most destructive fires in california history based on number of structures damaged according to figures provided by calfire. Several fires are currently burning in california after a disastrous week for the sunshine state.
1 mendocino complex july 2018 colusa county lake county mendocino county glenn county 459123 acres 280 structures destroyed 1. Several fires have had 4 fatalties but these are the top 20 regardless of whether they were only the most state federal recent are listed. The woolsey and carr fires in 2018 also made the top 10.
Burned area and position in the list are subject to change. Top 20 largest california wildfires pdf. By friday evening the list was already outdated as the fire in shasta and.
This list does not include fire jurisdiction. These are the 20 largest wildfires in california since 1932 when accurate records started to be kept according to the california department of forestry and fire protection cal fire. Since modern record keeping began in the 1930s california has had dozens of major fires.
Cal fire updated its list of the top 20 largest california wildfires friday with the carr fire landing 20th on the list. The biggest fire in state history wiped out 538049 acres in the apache sitgreaves national forest near alpine. Two campers accidentally started the fire may 29 in apache countys white mountains.