2011 California wildfires

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2011 California wildfires
Statistics[1]
Total fires 7,989
Total area 126,854 acres (513.36 km2)

The 2011 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2011. In total, there were 7,989 fires that burned 126,854 acres (513.36 km2) of land.[1]

Fires

Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) during the 2011 fire season.[2] The list is, and all data herein, is taken from CAL FIREs list of large fires except where otherwise cited.

Name County Acres Km2 Start Date Contained Date Notes
Stage Tulare 1,213 4.9 27 June 2011 2 July 2011
Eagle San Diego 14,100 57.1 21 July 2011 29 July 2011
Hill San Bernardino 1,135 4.6 2 September 2011 8 September 2011 3 structures destroyed
Soda San Luis Obispo 1,528 6.2 3 September 2011 4 September 2011 1 structures destroyed
Milton San Joaquin 1,122 4.5 9 September 2011 11 September 2011
John Inyo 5,300 21.4 13 September 2011 16 September 2011
Great San Diego 2,135 8.6 1 October 2011 7 October 2011
Cove Kern 1,122 4.5 27 May 2011 31 May 2011
Cougar Modoc 2,000 8.1 8 June 2011 13 June 2011
Antelope Kern 5,200 21.0 19 June 2011 21 June 2011 2 structures destroyed
Quinn Kern 3,154 12.8 21 June 2011 22 June 2011
Lion Tulare 20,500 83.0 8 July 2011 10 October 2011
Scorpion Complex Modoc 2,945 11.9 15 July 2011 18 July 2011
Annie Modoc 2,076 8.4 18 August 2011 21 August 2011
Motor Mariposa 5,231 21.2 25 August 2011 4 September 2011
Wells San Bernardino 1,723 7.0 28 August 2011 31 August 2011
Canyon Kern 14,585 59.0 4 September 2011 11 September 2011 100 structures destroyed
Keene Complex Kern 2,577 10.4 10 September 2011 14 September 2011
Comanche Complex Kern 29,338 118.7 10 September 2011 17 September 2011 Made up of 4 separate fires[3]
Breckenridge Complex Kern 25,213 102.0 10 September 2011 17 September 2011
Tamarack Mariposa 1,011 4.1 13 September 2011 17 October 2011
65 Fire Kern 2,005 8.1 23 September 2011 23 September 2011
Ruth Trinity 1,460 5.9 23 September 2011 28 September 2011 31 structures destroyed
Buckeye Mono 1,140 4.6 25 September 2011 27 September 2011

References

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