Overview of wildfires in California during the year 2023
2023 California wildfires
The York Fire burns in Mojave National Preserve on July 29
Date(s)
January 1 –
December 31, 2023
Statistics[1]
Total fires
7,127
Total area
324,917 acres (131,489 ha)
Impacts
Deaths
4
(1 civilian,
3 firefighter)
Structures destroyed
58 (13 damaged)
Season
← 2022
2024 →
The 2023 California wildfire season is a series of significant wildfires that burned in the U.S. state of California during the calendar year. According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 fires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares). This was below the state's five-year average of 1,722,059 acres (696,893 ha) burned during the same period.[1][2] The 2023 fire season followed the 2022 season, during which the number of fires and the resulting burned acreage were both below average.[3] Four fatalities were reported during the 2023 fire season.[4]
^ ab"2023 Fire Season Incident Archive". www.fire.ca.gov. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
^"Statistics". fire.ca.gov. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
^Smith, Hayley (November 19, 2022). "'We got really lucky': Why California escaped another destructive fire season in 2022". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
^"2023 Fire Season Incident Archive | CAL FIRE". www.fire.ca.gov. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
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