2013 California wildfires

2013 California wildfires
2013 California wildfires
Statistics
Total fires	9,907
Total area	601,635 acres (2,434.73 km2)
Impacts
Deaths	1
Non-fatal injuries	At least 125
Structures destroyed	495
Damage	>$218.15 million (2013 USD)
Map
	; A map of wildfires in California in 2013, using Cal Fire data
Season
	← 2012 2014 →

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.

Fires

Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (400 ha) during the 2013 fire season.^[4] The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.

Name	County	Acres	Km²	Start Date	Contained Date	Notes
Panther	Tehama	6,896	27.9	May 1, 2013	May 9, 2013
Summit	Riverside	3,161	12.8	May 1, 2013	May 4, 2013	1 structure destroyed
Springs	Ventura	24,251	98.1	May 2, 2013	May 9, 2013
Grand	Kern	4,346	17.6	May 15, 2013	May 22, 2013
San Felipe	San Diego	2,650	10.7	May 23, 2013	May 29, 2013
General	San Diego	2,500	10.1	May 26, 2013	May 31, 2013
White	Santa Barbara	1,984	8.0	May 27, 2013	June 5, 2013
Powerhouse	Los Angeles	30,274	122.5	May 30, 2013	June 10, 2013	58 structures destroyed
Hathaway	Riverside	3,870	15.7	June 9, 2013	October 15, 2013
Carstens	Mariposa	1,708	6.9	June 16, 2013	June 26, 2013
Chariot	San Diego	7,055	28.6	July 6, 2013	July 15, 2013	149 structures destroyed
Mountain	Riverside	27,531	111.4	July 15, 2013	July 31, 2013
Aspen	Fresno	22,992	93.0	July 22, 2013	September 8, 2013
Forks Complex	Siskiyou	37,246	150.7	July 31, 2013	October 1, 2013
Salmon River Complex	Siskiyou	14,754	59.7	July 31, 2013	August 31, 2013
Falls	Riverside	1,383	5.6	August 5, 2013	August 9, 2013
Power	Tuolumne	1,070	4.3	August 5, 2013	August 13, 2013
Silver	Riverside	20,292	82.1	August 7, 2013	August 12, 2013
Corral Complex	Humboldt	12,503	50.6	August 10, 2013	2 October 2013
American	Placer	22,407	90.7	August 11, 2013	August 29, 2013
Swedes	Butte	2,264	9.2	August 16, 2013	August 22, 2013
Rim	Tuolumne	257,314	1,041.3	August 17, 2013	October 27, 2013	112 structures destroyed
Mission	Monterey	4,500	18.2	August 22, 2013	August 25, 2013
Deer	Tehama	11,429	46.3	August 23, 2013	August 29, 2013
Fish	Tulare	2,060	8.3	August 23, 2013	September 5, 2013
Morgan	Contra Costa	3,100	12.5	September 8, 2013	September 14, 2013	Ignited at Mount Diablo.
Clover	Shasta	8,073	32.7	September 9, 2013	September 15, 2013	196 structures destroyed, 1 fatality
DeLuz	San Diego	2,236	9.0	October 5, 2013	October 9, 2013
McCabe	Sonoma	3,505	14.2	November 22, 2013	November 28, 2013

References

^ ^a ^b "National Report of Wildland Fires and Acres Burned by State" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ken 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.
^ "2013 Incident Archive". CALFIRE. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
^ "Large Fires 2013" (PDF). CAL FIRE. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.