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2013 California wildfires

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9,907 wildfires burned at least 601,625 acres (2,434.69 km2) of land in the state of California during 2013.[1][2] The wildfires injured at least 125 people and killed at least 1. They also caused over $218.15 million (2013 USD) in damage.[2] These included several large, notable wildfires, including the Rim Fire, which became California's 3rd largest wildfire.

Background

The timing of "fire season" in California is variable, depending on the amount of prior winter and spring precipitation, the frequency and severity of weather such as heat waves and wind events, and moisture content in vegetation. Northern California typically sees wildfire activity between late spring and early fall, peaking in the summer with hotter and drier conditions. Occasional cold frontal passages can bring wind and lightning. The timing of fire season in Southern California is similar, peaking between late spring and fall. The severity and duration of peak activity in either part of the state is modulated in part by weather events: downslope/offshore wind events can lead to critical fire weather, while onshore flow and Pacific weather systems can bring conditions that hamper wildfire growth.[4][5]

List of Wildfires

Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (400 ha) during the 2013 fire season.[6] The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑Containment means that fire crews have established and secured control lines around the fire's perimeter. These lines are artificial barriers, like trenches or cleared vegetation, designed to stop the fire's spread, or natural barriers like rivers. Containment reflects progress in managing the fire but does not necessarily mean the fire is starved of fuel, under control, or put out.[7]

References

  1. 12"National Report of Wildland Fires and Acres Burned by State"(PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. Archived from the original(PDF) on January 11, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. 123Ken Pimlott; John Laird; Edmond G. Brown Jr. (September 3, 2014). "2013 Wildfire Statistics"(PDF). CalFire. Archived from the original(PDF) on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  3. ↑"2013 Incident Archive". CALFIRE. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  4. ↑"Weather: Fire Season Climatology (Northern California)". National Wildfire Coordinating Group. April 25, 2024. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  5. ↑Toohey, Grace (June 22, 2024). "California wildfires have already burned 90,000 acres, and summer is just beginning". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  6. ↑"Large Fires 2013"(PDF). CAL FIRE. September 3, 2014. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 10, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  7. ↑"What containment and other wildfire related terms mean". Los Angeles: KCAL-TV. September 12, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2025.