2014 Incident Archive

  • 625,540
    Estimated Acres Burned
  • 7,233
    Number of Wildfires
  • 2
    Confirmed Loss of Life
  • 650
    Structures Destroyed

Layers

2014 Incidents
Incident Counties Started Acres Containment
Bane Fire San Bernardino 10/16/2014 48
100%
Applegate Fire Placer 10/08/2014 459
100%
Dog Rock Fire Mariposa 10/07/2014 311
100%
Foothill Fire Ventura 9/29/2014 25
100%
Cascade Fire El Dorado 9/25/2014 20
100%
Nelson Fire Mendocino 9/21/2014 62
100%
June Fire Inyo 9/16/2014 65
100%
Boles Fire Siskiyou 9/15/2014 516
100%
Courtney Fire Madera 9/14/2014 320
100%
Irene Fire El Dorado 9/14/2014 94
100%
King Fire El Dorado 9/13/2014 97,717
100%
Black Fire Mendocino 9/13/2014 403
100%
Dog Bar Fire Nevada 9/13/2014 247
100%
Bald Hill 3 Fire Humboldt 9/12/2014 210
100%
Silverado Fire Orange 9/12/2014 968
100%
Stage Coach Fire Napa 9/11/2014 27
100%
Gulch Fire Shasta 9/10/2014 1,375
100%
Montgomery Fire Mariposa 9/07/2014 79
100%
Bridge Fire Mariposa 9/05/2014 300
100%
Jackson Fire Tuolumne 9/04/2014 70
100%
Saratoga Fire Lake 9/03/2014 100
100%
Interstate Fire Riverside 9/01/2014 100
100%
Leopard Fire Shasta 8/29/2014 25
100%
Casa Fire Santa Clara 8/28/2014 80
100%
Pines Fire Madera 8/26/2014 10
100%
Oregon Fire Trinity 8/24/2014 461
100%
South Napa Earthquake Napa 8/24/2014 6
100%
Way Fire Kern 8/18/2014 4,045
100%
Junction Fire Madera 8/18/2014 612
100%
Boca Fire Nevada 8/18/2014 84
100%
Tecolote Fire Los Angeles 8/17/2014 274
100%
Border Fire San Diego 8/16/2014 20
100%
Meadow Fire Mariposa 8/16/2014 4,772
100%
Shoemaker Fire Los Angeles 8/14/2014 190
100%
Little Fire Modoc 8/12/2014 101
100%
Happy Camp Complex Siskiyou 8/11/2014
July Complex Siskiyou 8/02/2014 50,042
100%
McClellan Fire Humboldt 8/01/2014 37
100%
Eiler Fire Shasta 7/31/2014 32,416
100%
Little Deer Fire Siskiyou 7/31/2014 5,503
100%
Oregon Gulch Fire (part of the Beaver Complex) Siskiyou 7/30/2014 35,302
100%
Coffee Fire Shasta 7/30/2014 6,258
100%
Bald Fire Shasta 7/30/2014 39,736
100%
Day Fire Modoc 7/30/2014 13,153
100%
Lodge Lightning Complex Mendocino 7/30/2014 12,535
100%
Beaver Fire Siskiyou 7/30/2014 32,496
100%
Siskiyou County Lightning Fires Siskiyou 7/29/2014 30
100%
Web Fire Butte 7/28/2014 378
100%
French Fire Madera 7/28/2014 13,838
100%
El Portal Fire Mariposa 7/26/2014 4,689
100%
Sand Fire Amador, El Dorado 7/25/2014 4,240
100%
Gun Club Fire Merced 7/24/2014 422
100%
Sabina Fire Riverside 7/23/2014 78
100%
Iowa Fire Placer 7/21/2014 14
100%
Dark Hole Fire Mariposa 7/17/2014 1,080
100%
Wildlife Fire Butte 7/14/2014 72
100%
Marsh Fire Contra Costa 7/11/2014 80
100%
Bully Fire Shasta 7/11/2014 12,661
100%
Nicolls Fire Kern 7/11/2014 1,680
100%
Bible Fire El Dorado 7/09/2014 30
100%
Dry Fire Shasta 7/09/2014 143
100%
Hutto Fire Nevada 7/07/2014 38
100%
Interlake Fire San Luis Obispo 7/07/2014 47
100%
Cassel Fire Shasta 7/05/2014 75
100%
Monticello Fire Yolo 7/04/2014 6,488
100%
Gulch Fire Modoc 7/03/2014 1,469
100%
Banner Fire San Diego 7/03/2014 217
100%
Modoc Lightning Complex Modoc 7/01/2014 1,651
100%
Ranch Fire Kern 7/01/2014 70
100%
Butts Fire Napa, Lake 7/01/2014 4,300
100%
West Fire Trinity 7/01/2014 15
100%
Curie Fire Santa Clara 6/30/2014 125
100%
Oak Fire Calaveras 6/22/2014 85
100%
Reed Fire Calaveras 6/20/2014 120
100%
Stoney Fire Monterey 6/19/2014 4,840
100%
Shirley Fire Kern 6/13/2014 3,895
100%
Tehama Fire Tehama 6/13/2014 225
100%
Norman Fire Solano 6/12/2014 70
100%
Hall Fire Fresno 6/11/2014 25
100%
Haigh Fire Mariposa 6/10/2014 130
100%
Morgan Fire Fresno 6/09/2014 40
100%
Bogart Fire Riverside 6/06/2014 31
100%
Valley Fire Mariposa 6/06/2014 90
100%
Hetch Hetchy Fire Tuolumne 6/05/2014 269
100%
Santa Fire Riverside 6/04/2014 14
100%
59 Fire Tuolumne 6/04/2014 402
100%
Lake Fire Stanislaus 5/27/2014 37
100%
Hunters Fire Mariposa 5/26/2014 677
100%
Indian Fire Lake 5/25/2014 175
100%
San Mateo Fire San Diego 5/16/2014 1,457
100%
Pulgas Fire San Diego 5/15/2014 14,416
100%
Freeway Fire San Diego 5/14/2014 56
100%
Cocos Fire San Diego 5/14/2014 1,995
100%
Fiddler Fire Shasta 5/14/2014 50
100%
Highway Fire San Diego 5/14/2014 380
100%
River Fire San Diego 5/14/2014 105
100%
Poinsettia Fire San Diego 5/14/2014 600
100%
Tomahawk Fire San Diego 5/14/2014 5,367
100%
Miguelito Fire Santa Barbara 5/13/2014 632
100%
Bernardo Fire San Diego 5/13/2014 1,548
100%
Jacumba Fire San Diego 5/05/2014 29
100%
San Lucas Fire Monterey 4/30/2014 75
100%
Etiwanda Fire San Bernardino 4/30/2014 2,143
100%
Bridges Fire Inyo 4/19/2014 113
100%
Van Buren Fire Riverside 3/28/2014 57
100%
Encinal Fire Monterey 3/19/2014 400
100%
Pierce Fire Riverside 3/15/2014 350
100%
Gun Fire San Diego 3/08/2014 125
100%
Lake Fire Fresno 1/25/2014 106
100%
Brewer Fire Placer 1/22/2014 120
100%
Colby Fire Los Angeles 1/16/2014 1,952
100%
Red Fire Humboldt 1/04/2014 333
100%
Bridge Fire Humboldt 1/03/2014 18
100%
Campbell Fire Tehama 1/02/2014 865
100%
Honcut Fire Butte 1/01/2014 60
100%
The information presented here reflects what is known to CAL FIRE and is updated frequently. Learn more about data processing

2014 Fire Season

In the context of the 2011–17 California drought, as well as powerful Santa Ana winds, weather conditions were ideal for wildfires in 2014. Over 7,200 wildfires ignited throughout the year, burning at least 620,000 acres. The season began unusually early when a wildfire ignited on January 1, followed by 6 more fires igniting later within the same month. During a heat wave and dry Santa Ana conditions in May 2014, multiple wildfires broke out simultaneously in San Diego County and elsewhere across the state. By mid-May, fire officials said they had already dealt with 1,400 wildfires - twice the normal amount for that time of year - and a spokesman for CAL FIRE described the conditions as "unprecedented." In early September 2014, the Happy Complex Fire became the largest wildfire of the season, eventually topping out at 135,369 acres in size on September 27.

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