Posted by:
elderolddog
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Date: December 07, 2017 12:14PM
Yes, here in SoCal we used to control our fires and we planned on the gentle destruction they wrought. For the life of me, I don't know how we lost our previous control!
Here's a list of the top 20 CA fires:
(As I type and paste, I can't tell how it's going to look.)
FIRE NAME (CAUSE) DATE COUNTY ACRES STRUCTURES DEATHS
1 CEDAR ( Human Related) October 2003 San Diego 273,246 2,820 15
2 RUSH (Lightning ) August 2012 Lassen 271,911 CA / 43,666 NV 0 0
3 RIM (Human Related) August 2013 Tuolumne 257,314 112 0
4 ZACA (Human Related) July 2007 Santa Barbara 240,207 1 0
5 MATILIJA (Undetermined) September 1932 Ventura 220,000 0 0
6 WITCH (Powerlines) October 2007 San Diego 197,990 1,650 2
7 KLAMATH THEATER COMPLEX (Lightning) June 2008 Siskiyou 192,038 0 2
8 MARBLE CONE (Lightning) July 1977 Monterey 177,866 0 0
9 LAGUNA (POWERLINES) September 1970 San Diego 175,425 382 5
10 BASIN COMPLEX (Lightning) June 2008 Monterey 162,818 58 0
11 DAY FIRE (Human Related) September 2006 Ventura 162,702 11 0
12 STATION FIRE (Human Related) August 2009 Los Angeles 160,557 209 2
13 ROUGH (Lightning) July 2015 Fresno 151,623 4 0
14 McNALLY (Human Related) July 2002 Tulare 150,696 17 0
15 STANISLAUS COMPLEX (Lightning) August 1987 Tuolumne 145,980 28 1
16 BIG BAR COMPLEX (Lightning) August 1999 Trinity 140,948 0 0
17 HAPPY CAMP COMPLEX (Lightning) August 2014 Siskiyou 134,056 6 0
18 SOBERANES (Illegal Campfire) July 2016 Monterey 132,127 68 1
19 CAMPBELL COMPLEX (Powerlines) August 1990 Tehama 125,892 27 0
20 WHEELER (Arson) July 1985 Ventura 118,000 26 0
Here's the linky-dinky:
http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/Top20_Acres.pdfI guess Idaho schools don't teach this bit of local history:
Great Fire of 1910
St Joe Idaho Fire 1910.jpg
Little North Fork of the St. Joe River, Idaho
Location Northeast Washington,
North Idaho,
Northwest Montana, U.S.
Statistics
Date(s) August 20–21, 1910
Burned area 3,000,000 acres (4,700 sq mi; 12,100 km2)
Cause not officially determined
Land use logging, mining, railroads
Fatalities 87
SL Cabbie was onto something...