2006 California wildfires

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2006 California wildfires
Statistics[1]
Total fires 8,202
Total area 678,919 acres (2,747.49 km2)

The 2006 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2006. In total, there were 8,202 fires that burned 678,919 acres (2,747.49 km2) of land.[1]

Fires

Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) during the 2006 fire season.[2] The list is taken from CAL FIREs list of large fires.

Name County Acres Km2 Start Date Contained Date Notes
Sierra Riverside 10,584 42.8 6 February 2006 6 February 2006
Hotlum Siskiyou 3,019 12.2 25 February 2006 27 February 2006 4 structures destroyed
Torch Fresno 1,964 7.9 13 May 2006 14 May 2006
Stuhr Stanislaus 1,418 5.7 26 May 2006 26 May 2006
Alpaugh Tulare 1,700 6.9 27 May 2006 05/27/206
Perkins Santa Barbara 14,988 60.7 19 June 2006 26 June 2006 7 structures destroyed
Boulder Complex Plumas 3,500 14.2 25 June 2026 5 July 2006 2 structures destroyed
Observation Complex Lassen 4,300 17.4 25 June 2006 30 June 2006
Goodale Inyo 3,750 15.2 26 June 2006 29 June 2006
Yolla Bolly Tehama 1,247 5.0 27 June 2006 27 June 2006
Del Puerto Stanislaus 2,590 10.5 30 June 2006 3 July 2006
Pedro Tuolumne 2,000 8.1 3 July 2006 5 July 2006
Pushwalla Complex Riverside 2,000 8.1 7 July 2006 10 July 2006
Happy Complex Modoc 1,780 7.2 9 July 2006 9 July 2006 2 firefighter fatalities
Canyon Stanislaus 34,000 137.6 9 July 2006 17 July 2006 11 structures destroyed
Sawtooth Complex San Bernardino 62,000 250.9 9 July 2006 20 July 2006 273 structures destroyed, 1 civilian fatanlity
Millard Fire Assist Riverside 24,210 98.0 9 July 2006 9 July 2006
Beck San Luis Obispo 1,500 6.1 11 July 2006 12 July 2006
Midway Alameda 6,400 25.9 11 July 2006 11 July 2006
Creek Lassen 1,234 5.0 18 July 2006 21 July 2006
Coytoe Tulare 1,325 5.4 20 July 2006 21 July 2006
Olive Merced 25,007 101.2 21 July 2006 21 July 2006
Ricco Monterey 14,506 58.7 22 July 2006 27 July 2006
Three Rocks Fresno 8,400 34.0 22 July 2006 22 July 2006
Horse San Diego 16,681 67.5 23 July 2006 1 August 2006
Happy Camp Siskiyou 3,318 13.4 23 July 2006 24 September 2006
Uncles Complex Siskiyou 30,454 123.2 23 July 2006 31 October 2006 1 structure destroyed
Oorleans Complex Humboldt 15,710 63.6 24 July 2006 30 September 2006 1 structure destroyed
Empire Los Angeles 1,094 4.4 25 July 2006 25 July 2006
Hunter Mendocino 16,296 65.9 26 July 2006 26 July 2006
Bar Complex Trinity 100,414 406.4 27 July 2006 27 July 2006
Hoy Siskiyou 1,283 5.2 26 July 2006 28 July 2006 1 structure destroyed
Sage Modoc 4,855 19.6 27 July 2006 5 August 2006
Junction Trinity 3,126 12.7 29 July 2006 29 July 2006 1 structure destroyed
Kingsley Tehama 6,854 27.7 2 August 2006 2 August 2006
Cottonwood Kern 2,346 9.5 5 August 2006 6 August 2006
Quail Los Angeles 4,864 19.7 13 August 2006 16 August 2006 2 structures destroyed
Pigeon Trinity 6,452 26.1 2 September 2006 16 October 2006
Day Ventura 169,702 686.8 4 September 2006 2 October 2006 11 structures destroyed
Ralston Placer 8,423 34.1 5 September 2006 18 September 2006 2 structures destroyed
Sawmill Mono 7,434 30.1 14 September 2006 15 September 2006 2 structures destroyed
Orchard Riverside 1,580 6.4 16 September 2006 16 September 2006
Ranch Riverside 1,670 6.8 17 September 2006 17 September 2006
Pinnacles San Bernardino 2,370 9.6 19 September 2006 21 September 2006
Bassetts Sierra 2,114 8.6 19 September 2006 26 September 2006
Noble Mendocino 1,014 4.1 24 September 2006 30 September 2006
Phelps Fresno 1,600 6.5 25 October 2006 25 October 2006
Esperanza Riverside 40,200 162.7 26 October 2006 31 October 2006 54 structures destroyed
5 firefighter & 1 civilian fatality
Shekell Ventura 13,600 55.0 3 December 2006 5 December 2006 7 structures destroyed
Westside Kern 4,025 16.3 7 December 2006 9 December 2006

References

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  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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