2002 California wildfires explained

The 2002 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2002. In total, there were 8,328 fires that burned 969890acres of land.

Fires

Below is a list of fires that exceeded 1000acres or caused a notable amount of damage during the 2002 fire season.^[3] The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.

Name	County	Acres	Km	Start Date	Contained Date	Notes
Green	Riverside	24001NaN1	February 9, 2002	February 13, 2002
Gavilan	San Diego	57631NaN1	February 10, 2002	February 15, 2002	43 buildings destroyed, 13 buildings damaged
Nicholas	Madera	120001NaN1	March 16, 2002	March 16, 2002
Aliso	San Diego	24001NaN1	March 21, 2002	March 22, 2002
Bouquet	Los Angeles	49771NaN1	May 11, 2002	May 13, 2002
Mateo	San Diego	15001NaN1	May 13, 2002	May 13, 2002
State 925	Riverside	14721NaN1	May 13, 2002	May 15, 2002
Ahlem	Merced	60001NaN1	May 23, 2002	May 23, 2002
Arrowhead	San Bernardino	26881NaN1	May 31, 2002	June 5, 2002
Wolf	Ventura	216451NaN1	June 1, 2002	June 14, 2002	6 structures destroyed
Copper	Los Angeles	234071NaN1	June 5, 2002	June 12, 2002	26 structures destroyed
Skyway	Butte	20001NaN1	June 8, 2002	June 9, 2002
Davis	San Luis Obispo	21181NaN1	June 9, 2002	June 9, 2002
Forks	Siskiyou	14001NaN1	June 12, 2002	June 15, 2002
Bluecut	San Bernardino	68641NaN1	June 16, 2002	June 22, 2002
Borel	Kern	34301NaN1	June 15, 2002	June 17, 2002	19 structures destroyed
Sudden Ranch	Santa Barbara	77821NaN1	June 17, 2002	June 19, 2002	1 structure destroyed
Copo	Los Angeles	14601NaN1	June 18, 2002	June 21, 2002	1 structures destroyed
Vieux	Alameda	10291NaN1	June 18, 2002	June 18, 2002
Troy	San Diego	11881NaN1	June 19, 2002	June 22, 2002	3 buildings destroyed, 1 damaged
Stage	Tulare	11001NaN1	June 22, 2002	June 22, 2002
Louisiana	San Bernardino	65741NaN1	June 26, 2002	June 30, 2002	7 buildings destroyed
Cottonwood	Merced	10001NaN1	July 4, 2002	July 4, 2002
596	Lassen	45001NaN1	July 12, 2002	July 13, 2002
Garnet	San Diego	11661NaN1	July 13, 2002	July 16, 2002
Mussolini	Siskiyou	32601NaN1	July 13, 2002	July 16, 2002
Sour Biscuit	Del Norte	287721NaN1	July 13, 2002	August 2, 2002
Inyo Complex	Inyo	65501NaN1	July 15, 2002	July 16, 2002
Horse Complex	Lassen	18501NaN1	July 15, 2002	July 15, 2002
Highway 58	San Luis Obispo	13801NaN1	July 18, 2002	July 19, 2002	6 structures destroyed
Deer	Kern	18001NaN1	July 21, 2002	July 24, 2002	94 structures destroyed
McNally	Tulare	1506961NaN1	July 21, 2002	September 3, 2002	17 structures destroyed
Stanza	Siskiyou	28801NaN1	July 26, 2002	August 2, 2002	3 firefighters killed
Pines	San Diego	616901NaN1	July 29, 2002	August 16, 2002	160 structures destroyed, 4 damaged; caused by damaged electric power lines
Fort Hunter Liggett	Monterey	14001NaN1	August 10, 2002	August 11, 2002
Curve	Los Angeles	208571NaN1	September 1, 2002	September 5, 2002	73 structures destroyed
Freeway	Los Angeles	10431NaN1	September 1, 2002	September 3, 2002
Leona	Los Angeles	51241NaN1	September 3, 2002	September 6, 2002	16 structures destroyed
Mountain	Los Angeles	5941NaN1	September 9, 2002	September 11, 2002
Oasis	Los Angeles	13051NaN1	September 14, 2002	September 14, 2002
Sierra	Placer	13051NaN1	September 18, 2002	September 18, 2002	21 structures destroyed
Williams	Los Angeles	380941NaN1	September 22, 2002	October 7, 2002	77 structures destroyed
Croy	Santa Clara	31271NaN1	September 23, 2002	September 28, 2002	34 structures destroyed, 4 damaged
Cone	Lassen	20061NaN1	September 26, 2002	September 30, 2002
Sixteen	Yolo	15001NaN1	October 1, 2002	October 2, 2002
Plum	El Dorado	17651NaN1	November 26, 2002	November 28, 2002
Pine	Mendocino	12001NaN1	November 26, 2002	November 28, 2002	7 structures destroyed

Notes and References

1. Web site: CDF 2002 Fire Season Summary. CalFire. February 2003. December 10, 2017. December 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171208214959/http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/2002summary.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: National Report of Wildland Fires and Acres Burned by State in 2002. National Interagency Fire Center. 2003. 11 December 2017. 27 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190627145348/https://www.predictiveservices.nifc.gov/intelligence/2002_statssumm/fires_acres.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: 2002 Large Fires. CAL FIRE. February 11, 2003. December 10, 2017. December 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171208215137/http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/LF2002.pdf. dead.