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1. projects.capradio.org › california-fire-historyCalifornia Wildfire History Map - CapRadio

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   This map shows the perimeters of more than 20,000 wildfires that have been recorded in California from 1878 to 2020 using data from Cal Fire, the National Parks Service, the U.S. Forest...

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_California_wildfiresList of California wildfires - Wikipedia

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   This is a partial and incomplete list of California wildfires. California has dry, windy, and often hot weather conditions from spring through late autumn that can produce moderate to severe wildfires.

5. data.ca.gov › nb_NO › datasetCalifornia Historical Wildland Fire Perimeters Exploratory Map

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   This map highlights the recent large fires (≥5,000 acres) on a backdrop of all of the dataset's documented fire perimeters dating back to 1878. This map includes perimeters symbolized by decade, county boundaries, California vegetation, and NAIP imagery back to 2005. Popups provide a narrative of known details pertaining to each incident ...

6. gis.data.cnra.ca.gov › maps › CALFIRE-Forestry:California Historical Wildland Fire Perimeters Exploratory Map

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   This map highlights the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's (CAL FIRE) historical fire perimeter dataset with additional authoritative layers for data exploration.

7. fireecology.springeropen.com › articles › 10Large California wildfires: 2020 fires in historical context

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   En el año 2020, California experimentó un récord al quebrar el número de grandes incendios. Aquí situamos a éste y otros años en un contexto histórico mediante el examen de registros de incendios en el estado desde 1860. Dado que la sequía es frecuentemente asociada a grandes eventos de incendios, investigamos la relación entre grandes incendios y ...

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   Este estudio mostró que eventos extremos como el visto en 2020 no son históricamente desconocidos, y lo que se muestra como distintivamente nuevo es el incremento en el número de grandes incendios (definidos aquí como > 10.000 ha) en el último par de años, y más prominentemente en 2020. Sin embargo, ha habido otros períodos con aún mayores números ...

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   En la última década ha habido muchos años con incendios excepcionalmente grandes. Antiguos registros muestran incendios de tamaño similar tanto en el siglo 19 como en el siglo 20. Sequías prolongadas, medidas mediante el Índice de Sequías Severas de Palmer (PDSI), fueron asociadas con los picos de grandes incendios tanto en el siglo 20 como en el 2...

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   • Author: Jon E. Keeley, Jon E. Keeley, Alexandra D. Syphard

   • Publish Year: 2021

8. storymaps.arcgis.com › stories › 915177be8b844602aCalifornia Wildfires - ArcGIS StoryMaps

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   May 4, 2023 · Every summer wildfires take over the news in California. Here is a complete map of the history of these fires: past, present, and future.

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   What is the largest fire in California history?

   • The largest fire in recorded history for the state is the 2020 August Complex Fire, which comprised 38 separate fires that were considered a single a massive 418,000 ha fire (Cal Fire 2020). Thus, the merging of these multiple fires into a larger event is certainly a factor affecting “fire” size.

   Large California wildfires: 2020 fires in historical context

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   What is California's largest wildfire?

   • Five of the 10 largest wildfires in state history occurred in 2020, including the August Complex fire, which tops the list as the first California wildfire to burn over 1 million acres. It remains to be seen whether the Dixie fire will end up in that range, but as of Aug. 24 here’s where it stands in comparison to the state’s largest fires.

   Worst fires in California history: Dixie, Camp and more

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   What is the most destructive fire in California?

   • At the top of the most destructive fires in state history sits the Camp fire, which destroyed 18,804 buildings and devastated the town of Paradise in 2018. Its disastrous spread was attributed to high winds sending embers to find dry vegetation and ignite structure after structure.

   Worst fires in California history: Dixie, Camp and more

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   When were the largest fires recorded?

   • The largest fires on record were recorded in 2018 and then were replaced with even larger fires in 2020, although some of these were the result of multiple fires that coalesced into fire complexes of massive size.

   Large California wildfires: 2020 fires in historical context

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   What is a record of fires in California?

   • A record of forest and field fires in California from the days of the early explorers to the creation of the forest reserves. San Francisco: USDA Forest Service. Cal Fire. 2008. June 2008 California Fire Siege Summary Report. Sacramento: Cal Fire. Cal Fire. 2020.

   Large California wildfires: 2020 fires in historical context

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   When did California fires start?

   • In California, US Forest Service (USFS) annual reports provide statistics on fires by ignition source and area burned back to 1910 and Cal Fire back to 1919 (Keeley and Syphard 2017), and although these reports focused on annual summaries, they often provided descriptions of very large fires.

   Large California wildfires: 2020 fires in historical context

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10. www.latimes.com › california › storyWorst fires in California history: Dixie, Camp and more

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    Aug 24, 2021 · Five of the 10 largest wildfires in state history occurred in 2020, including the August Complex fire, which tops the list as the first California wildfire to burn over 1 million acres. It...