2016 Incident Archive

  • 472,875
    Total Emergency Responses
  • 6,954
    Wildfires
  • 669,534
    Acres Burned
  • 6
    Confirmed Loss of Life
  • 1,274
    Structures Destroyed

Layers

2016 Incidents
Incident Counties Started Acres Containment
Marek Fire Los Angeles 11/14/2016 4,824
100%
Gopher Fire San Diego 11/13/2016 28
100%
Meadow Fire Tulare 10/29/2016 4,347
100%
Jacobson Fire Tulare 10/20/2016 10
100%
Emerald Fire El Dorado 10/14/2016 176
100%
Sacata Fire Fresno 10/11/2016 2,100
100%
Creek Fire Napa 10/10/2016 65
100%
Loma Fire Santa Clara 9/26/2016 4,474
100%
Tobin Fire Plumas 9/26/2016 248
100%
Marshes Fire Tuolumne 9/26/2016 1,080
100%
Sawmill Fire Sonoma 9/25/2016 1,547
100%
Cow Fire Shasta 9/25/2016 100
100%
Bell Fire Amador 9/23/2016 45
100%
Newmark Fire Fresno 9/23/2016 70
100%
Washington Fire Santa Barbara 9/22/2016 215
100%
Bangor Fire Butte 9/22/2016 130
100%
Butte Fire Sutter 9/20/2016 300
100%
Flat Fire Kern 9/19/2016 307
100%
Canyon Fire Santa Barbara 9/17/2016 12,518
100%
Soup Complex Modoc 9/17/2016 2,652
100%
Owens River Fire Inyo 9/17/2016 5,443
100%
Auburn Fire Nevada 9/17/2016 47
100%
Old Fire Butte 9/16/2016 30
100%
Hog Fire Tehama 9/13/2016 321
100%
Old Fire Del Norte 9/13/2016 150
100%
Moffett Fire Siskiyou 9/12/2016 32
100%
Howard Fire Modoc 9/11/2016 380
100%
Willard Fire Lassen 9/11/2016 2,575
100%
Boys Fire Sacramento 9/11/2016 40
100%
Lake Fire Shasta 9/10/2016 75
100%
Ruff Fire Mendocino 9/10/2016 50
100%
Spring Fire San Bernardino 9/07/2016 50
100%
Phoenix Fire Nevada 9/07/2016 38
100%
Saddle Fire Butte 9/05/2016 800
100%
Ken Fire San Bernardino 9/03/2016 20
100%
Sunny Fire Fresno 9/03/2016 158
100%
Oak Fire Santa Clara 9/01/2016 25
100%
Holy Fire Orange 8/31/2016 150
100%
Mockingbird Fire Lake 8/30/2016 20
100%
Willow Fire Amador 8/30/2016 19
100%
Mina Fire Mendocino 8/30/2016 36
100%
Bogart Fire Riverside 8/30/2016 1,470
100%
Havilah Fire Kern 8/28/2016 304
100%
Evergreen Fire Riverside 8/28/2016 40
100%
Willow Fire Calaveras 8/28/2016 450
100%
Gap Fire Siskiyou 8/27/2016 33,867
100%
Santos Fire Butte 8/26/2016 88
100%
Range Fire Kern 8/26/2016 600
100%
Grade Fire Siskiyou 8/24/2016 710
100%
Tule Fire Tulare 8/22/2016 395
100%
Tully Fire Humboldt 8/22/2016 599
100%
Bird Fire San Joaquin 8/20/2016 147
100%
Rey Fire Santa Barbara 8/18/2016 32,606
100%
Beale Fire Yuba 8/18/2016 389
100%
Mokelumne Fire Alpine 8/18/2016
Bailey Fire Santa Clara 8/17/2016 100
100%
Cedar Fire Kern 8/16/2016 29,322
100%
Blue Cut Fire San Bernardino 8/16/2016 36,274
100%
Clayton Fire Lake 8/13/2016 3,929
100%
Chimney Fire San Luis Obispo 8/13/2016 46,235
100%
Summit Fire Humboldt 8/12/2016 21
100%
Oak Fire Santa Clara 8/12/2016 25
100%
Stafford Fire Humboldt 8/11/2016 23
100%
Gopher Fire San Diego 8/10/2016 35
100%
Knoxville Fire Lake 8/09/2016 36
100%
Kugelman Fire Lake 8/09/2016 45
100%
Mountain Fire Shasta 8/09/2016 35
100%
Mineral Fire Fresno 8/08/2016 7,050
100%
Pilot Fire San Bernardino 8/07/2016 8,110
100%
Alder Fire El Dorado 8/06/2016 25
100%
Rock Creek Fire Mono 8/05/2016 122
100%
Deer Fire Amador 8/05/2016 26
100%
Hart Fire Kern 8/04/2016 100
100%
Maze Fire Stanislaus 8/04/2016 140
100%
Grub Fire Madera 8/04/2016 85
100%
Clark Fire Mono 8/04/2016 2,819
100%
Baker Fire Tehama 8/03/2016 80
100%
Diablo Fire Stanislaus 8/03/2016 100
100%
Cold Fire Yolo 8/02/2016 5,731
100%
99 Fire Butte 8/02/2016 520
100%
Frymire Fire Tuolumne 7/30/2016 32
100%
Sierra Fire Santa Clara 7/30/2016 114
100%
Goose Fire Fresno 7/30/2016 2,241
100%
Dockery Fire Lassen 7/30/2016 42
100%
Fork Fire Madera 7/29/2016 38
100%
North Branch Extension Fire Lake 7/29/2016 25
100%
Neal Fire Butte 7/28/2016 35
100%
Collier Fire Tehama 7/25/2016 11
100%
Franklin Fire Contra Costa 7/24/2016 40
100%
Bradley Fire Monterey 7/22/2016 100
100%
Rock Fire San Diego 7/22/2016 28
100%
Sand Fire Los Angeles 7/22/2016
Storksbill Fire El Dorado 7/22/2016 50
100%
Oak Fire Solano 7/22/2016 57
100%
Soberanes Fire Monterey 7/22/2016 132,127
100%
Table Fire Siskiyou 7/21/2016 23
100%
Roblar Fire San Diego 7/21/2016 1,245
100%
Baker Fire Calaveras 7/21/2016 57
100%
Serpa Fire Madera 7/21/2016 80
100%
Foothill Fire Lake 7/19/2016 69
100%
Bailey Fire Siskiyou 7/19/2016 26
100%
Feather Fire San Diego 7/18/2016 100
100%
Famoso Fire Kern 7/15/2016 138
100%
Green Fire Fresno 7/15/2016 123
100%
Dunnigan Fire Yolo 7/15/2016 84
100%
Onyx Fire Kern 7/13/2016 221
100%
Sherwood Fire Ventura 7/13/2016 78
100%
Briggs Fire Riverside 7/12/2016 173
100%
Stagecoach Fire Calaveras 7/12/2016 35
100%
Pacheco Fire Calaveras 7/12/2016 341
100%
Big Fire Fresno 7/11/2016 188
100%
Shelter Fire Ventura 7/11/2016 15
100%
Scott Fire Sacramento 7/10/2016 87
100%
Mercury Fire San Benito 7/09/2016 95
100%
Sage Fire Los Angeles 7/09/2016 1,100
100%
Fiddler Fire Shasta 7/08/2016 303
100%
Fort Fire Kern 7/08/2016 554
100%
Frame Fire Fresno 7/04/2016 145
100%
Broken Fire Madera 7/04/2016 103
100%
Appaloosa Fire Calaveras 7/02/2016 310
100%
Curry Fire Fresno 7/01/2016 2,944
100%
Deer Fire Kern 7/01/2016 1,785
100%
Kuehner Fire Ventura 7/01/2016 45
100%
Flores Fire Tehama 7/01/2016 88
100%
Lone Pine Fire Inyo 7/01/2016 30
100%
Pine Fire Ventura 6/30/2016 2,304
100%
Colyear Fire Tehama 6/30/2016 464
100%
Rancho Fire Amador 6/28/2016 372
100%
Trailhead Fire El Dorado, Placer 6/28/2016 5,645
100%
Campo Fire Calaveras 6/27/2016 33
100%
Frazier Fire San Luis Obispo 6/27/2016 86
100%
Reservoir Fire Lake 6/26/2016 215
100%
Creek Fire Yolo 6/26/2016 277
100%
Laguna Fire Orange 6/26/2016 47
100%
Dinosaur Fire Merced 6/25/2016 1,246
100%
Grant Fire Alameda 6/25/2016 211
100%
Marina Fire Mono 6/25/2016 650
100%
Lowe Fire Monterey 6/23/2016 52
100%
Erskine Fire Kern 6/23/2016 48,019
100%
70 Fire Butte 6/21/2016 49
100%
Moore Fire Placer 6/21/2016 88
100%
Paskenta Fire Tehama 6/21/2016 43
100%
Coal Fire Butte 6/20/2016 112
100%
San Gabriel Complex (Formerly Fish & Reservoir Fires) Los Angeles 6/20/2016 5,399
100%
Border Fire San Diego 6/19/2016 7,609
100%
Arroyo Fire Monterey 6/18/2016 70
100%
Camanche Fire Amador 6/17/2016 210
100%
King Fire San Benito 6/17/2016 237
100%
Sherpa Fire Santa Barbara 6/15/2016 7,474
100%
Cheyenne Fire Calaveras 6/15/2016 83
100%
Old Fire San Benito 6/12/2016 83
100%
Keswick Fire Shasta 6/11/2016 24
100%
Cotton Fire Kern 6/11/2016 61
100%
Hoag Fire Tehama 6/11/2016 80
100%
Coe Fire Stanislaus 6/07/2016 120
100%
Pony Fire Siskiyou 6/07/2016 2,860
100%
Soda Fire San Luis Obispo 6/04/2016
Old Fire Los Angeles 6/04/2016
Coleman Fire Monterey 6/04/2016 2,520
100%
Temecula Fire Riverside 6/04/2016 139
100%
Hidden Fire San Benito 6/03/2016 30
100%
Clay Fire Sacramento 6/03/2016 32
100%
Aukum Fire El Dorado 6/03/2016 25
100%
Chimney Fire Tulare 6/01/2016
Pala Fire San Diego 5/31/2016 70
100%
Walker Fire Kern 5/30/2016 43
100%
Tulloch Fire Tuolumne 5/30/2016 85
100%
70 Fire Butte 5/29/2016 30
100%
Dunstone Fire Butte 5/27/2016 91
100%
Fiddler Fire Shasta 5/25/2016 11
100%
DeWolf Fire Fresno 5/25/2016 278
100%
Wheatland Fire Los Angeles 5/23/2016 156
100%
Metz Fire Monterey 5/22/2016 3,876
100%
Mill Fire Siskiyou 5/19/2016 56
100%
Roberts Fire San Luis Obispo 5/18/2016 3,712
100%
Athens Fire Placer 5/17/2016 169
100%
Avocado Fire Fresno 5/15/2016 132
100%
Bryson Fire Monterey 5/12/2016 25
100%
Edison Fire Ventura 5/12/2016 20
100%
Shedd Fire San Luis Obispo 5/10/2016 150
100%
Casitas Fire Ventura 4/28/2016 50
100%
Hills Fire Fresno 4/28/2016 151
100%
Taglio Fire Merced 4/24/2016 30
100%
Gorman Fire Los Angeles 4/19/2016
The information presented here reflects what is known to CAL FIRE and is updated frequently. Learn more about data processing

2016 Fire Year

In 2016, over 6,900 fires burned an area of over 669,000 acres across California, Climatologists had predicted an extreme version of El Niño, known as a Super El Niño, to occur during the winter of 2015–16. Although the Pacific Ocean’s warming water had been expected to bring strong storms to parts of the southwestern United States, actual precipitation totals generally underperformed those expectations. Early in 2016, The National Interagency Fire Center predicted that conditions from May through at least August would put much of the western United States in above-normal wildfire danger. In June, the United States Forest Service estimated that over 26 million trees had died across 760,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This brought the number of dead trees to over 66 million during the past four years of drought. On August 15, the National Interagency Fire Center showed the state leading the nation in the quantity, size and intensity of wildfires. A day later, on August 16, San Bernardino County announced that nearly 85,000 people were evacuated because of the Blue Cut Fire near Cajon Pass.

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