Wildfires burn in Northern California in an image taken by NASA's Aqua satellite on August 19, 2012.
Statistics
Total fires
7,950
Total area
869,599 acres (3,519.14 km2)
Impacts
Deaths
None reported
Non-fatal injuries
Unknown
Damage
>$338.21 million (2012 USD)
Season
← 2011
2013 →
California's 2012 wildfire season saw 7,950 wildfires burn a total of 869,599 acres (3,519.14 km2);[1]: 62 these included the massive Rush Fire, which was the tenth-largest wildfire recorded in California in modern times, and the Ponderosa Fire, which destroyed 133 structures. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) incurred fire suppression costs of US$310 million between July 2012 and June 2013, in addition to wildfire damages of $28.2 million.[2]
^"Wildland Fire Summary and Statistics Annual Report 2012" (PDF). National Interagency Coordination Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
^"CAL FIRE 2012 Wildland Fire Summary" (PDF). California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 25, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
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