Incidents | CAL FIRE
Fires occur throughout the State within CAL FIRE jurisdiction on a daily basis during fire season. However, the majority of those fires are contained quickly and no information will generally be provided on these incidents at this site if the fire burns less than 10 acres.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection | CAL FIRE
High-severity wildfire is occurring at striking rates in Sierra Nevada forests. On top of all-hazard emergency and fire response, CAL FIRE is implementing proven fire-prevention strategies, working to enforce sustainable logging practices, and …
Statistics - CAL FIRE
4 days ago · Find up-to-date statistics on CA wildfires and CAL FIRE activity. We combine state and federal data to track the number of fires and acres burned in California.
Caldor Fire | CAL FIRE
Aug 14, 2021 · Caldor Fire. 100% Contained. 221,835 Acres. 3 Counties: El Dorado, Alpine, Amador. Not a CAL FIRE Incident. Updates will be made as they become available. Layers. …
2021 Fire Season Incident Archive | CAL FIRE
The 2021 wildfire season in California experienced an unusually early start amid an ongoing drought and historically low rainfall and reservoir levels. In January 2021 alone, 297 fires burned 1,171 acres on nonfederal land, which is almost triple the number of fires and more than 20 times the acreage of the five-year average for January.
2022 Fire Season Incident Archive | CAL FIRE
Despite the 'quiet' year as measured i n acreage, a number of significant wildfires burned in California in 2022; these include the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, which burned over 180 structures, the McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County, which caused 4 fatalities, and the Mosquito Fire in Placer and El Dorado counties, which was California's largest ...
Fire Hazard Severity Zones | OSFM - California
Fire Hazard Severity Zones. California’s seasonally dry Mediterranean climate lends itself to wildfires, and in an effort to better prepare, CAL FIRE is required to classify the severity of fire hazard in areas of California.
Fire Hazard Severity Zones Maps | OSFM - California
These zones, referred to as Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ), classify a wildland zone as Moderate, High, or Very High fire hazard based on the average hazard across the area included in the zone. Click Here for the Fire Hazard Severity …
Wildfire Prevention | CAL FIRE
CAL FIRE crews and grantees are urgently working to prevent devastating wildfire. Track our progress reducing overgrown vegetation, which helps remove what fires need to spread or become more severe.
2020 Fire Season Incident Archive | CAL FIRE
The 2020 California wildfire year was characterized by record-setting wildfires that burned across the state of California as measured during the modern era of wildfire management and record keeping. As of the end of the year, nearly 10,000 fires had burned over 4.2 million acres, more than 4% of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land ...