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

    Largest single source wildfire in California history: 3. Mendocino Complex: Mendocino, Lake, Colusa, Glenn: 459,123 185,800: July 2018: 280: 1: 4. SCU Lightning Complex: Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Merced, Stanislaus: 396,624 160,508: August 2020: 222: 0: 5. Creek: Fresno, Madera: 379,895 153,738: September 2020: 856: 0: 6 ...

  4. wfca.com › wildfire-articles › history-of-californiaHistory of California Wildfires | WFCA

    Nov 17, 2022 · The earliest known wildfire in California history was the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889. It burned around 300,000 acres in parts of Orange County, San Diego County, and Riverside County. 1 Before 2018, this was the largest wildfire in the state’s history in terms of acreage burned.

  5. www.latimes.com › california › newsletterThe top 5 fires in California history - Los Angeles Times

    Aug 9, 2021 · It’s Monday, Aug. 9. I’m Justin Ray. Over this last weekend, the Dixie fire became the second-biggest in California history. The blaze has charred 463,000 acres through a large swath of...

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  7. www.mercurynews.com › 2022/08/21 › list-californiasLargest California wildfires? Here's a list of the top 20 fires

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    • AUGUST COMPLEX FIRE: Caused by lightning in August 2020. Burned 1,032,648 acres in Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, Tehama, Glenn, Lake and Colusa Counties.
    • DIXIE FIRE: Caused by powerlines in July 2021. Burned 963,309 acres in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta and Tehama counties. Destroyed 1,329 structures. One person died.
    • MENDOCINO COMPLEX FIRE: Human-related cause in July 2018. Burned 459,123 acres in Colusa, Lake, Mendocino and Glenn counties. The Mendocino Complex fire was California’s largest until surpassed by the Dixie and August Complex fires.
    • SCU LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRE: Caused by lightning in August 2020. Burned 396,624 acres in Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Joaquin counties.

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

    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.

  9. www.latimes.com › california › storySix of California's largest fires in history burned in 2020 ...

    Sep 11, 2020 · Largest fires in California history: August Complex: 471,185. Mendocino Complex (2018): 459,123. SCU Lightning Complex: 396,624. LNU Lightning Complex: 363,220. Thomas (2017): 281,893. Cedar...

  10. www.sfchronicle.com › california-fires-maps-dataThese charts show how fires have changed California

    Aug 25, 2021 · The Dixie Fire, which started in July this year near the Cresta Dam in Plumas County, has grown at a rapid pace and is already the second-largest fire in the state’s recorded history. The largest...

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