2003 California wildfires - Wikipedia
During 2003, 9,116 wildfires [4] burned 1,020,460 acres (4,129.7 km 2) across the US state of California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In October, a major wildfire outbreak in Southern California burned more than 750,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed two dozen people. [ 8 ]
During late October into early November 2003, fourteen wind driven wildfires swept across Southern California. These wildfires killed 22 people, destroyed 3,600 homes, charred nearly 740,000 acres of land, and caused more than $2 billion in property damage. Casualties and property loss were highest in the San Diego metropolitan area.
Southern California Fires, Oct 26, 2003 (Western View of Smoke)
Oct 27, 2003 · Several massive wildfires were raging across southern California over the weekend of October 25, 2003. Whipped by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that blow toward the coast from interior deserts, at least one fire grew 10,000 acres in just six hours.
History of California Wildfires | WFCA
Nov 17, 2022 · Explore the history of California wildfires with details on the top 20 largest, most deadly, and most destructive fires, as well as interesting stats and figures. California has a long and intense history with wildfire, with several in the past decade setting records for the largest, most deadly, and most destructive fires in the history of the ...
NASA SVS | Southern California Fires, Oct 26, 2003
Oct 27, 2003 · Several massive wildfires were raging across southern California over the weekend of October 25, 2003. Whipped by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that blow toward the coast from interior deserts, at least one fire grew 10,000 acres in just 6 hours.
Old Fire - Wikipedia
The Old Fire was a large complex wildfire that started on October 25, 2003 (the original Old Fire began on October 25), near Old Waterman Canyon Road and California State Route 18 in the San Bernardino Mountains, in San Bernardino County, Southern California, United States. The Old Fire caused at least $1.2 billion in damages.
List of California wildfires - Wikipedia
About 75% of California's 20 most destructive wildfires—measured in terms of structures burned—have occurred since 2015. [1] Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image. The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013.
Looking back at California’s Blue Ribbon Report following the fires of 2003
Nov 20, 2013 · It has been a decade since numerous large fires burned hundreds of thousands of acres in southern California in late October, 2003. Some of the larger ones included Piru, Grand Prix, Old,...
potential to become full-blown wildfires. The last week of October 2003 saw all the components for classic Southern California wildfires, and outbreaks occurred in the eastern portions of San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles Counties. Several developed quickly into wildfires—and then firestorms.
THE CALIFORNIA FIRES: THE OVERVIEW; CALIFORNIA FIRES MENACE RESORTS
Oct 30, 2003 · The raging California wildfires attacked the resort area of Lake Arrowhead east of Los Angeles and the historic gold-mining town of Julian in San Diego County on Wednesday, killing one...
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