California Fire Map August 2015
Statewide fire map california.
California fire map august 2015. The map below made by california s wildfire fighting agency cal fire gives a sense of where these fires are. California is battling its scariest 2015 wildfire so far the rocky fire firefighters monitor the rocky fire near clearlake california usa 2 august 2015. And the situation today august 5 2015 is still getting worse. The ranch fire by itself at 410 203 acres as of 19 september 2018 is the largest fire in california history.
And finally the containment level improved from 12 for several days to now 20 containment today. It began shortly after 1 00 pm near cobb with multiple reports of a small brush fire near the intersection of high valley and bottlerock roads. The valley fire was a wildfire during the 2015 california wildfire season that started on september 12 in lake county california. This map created by cal fire provides general locations of major fires burning in california.
Nationwide a total of 6 058 694 acres 24 519 km 2 had burned which is roughly triple the total land area burned from the same time span in 2014. The fire had been adding tens of thousands of acres per day. California department of forestry and fire protection calfire cal fire. California is on fire.
The national interagency fire center reported in mid august that the 2015 fire season had been the most destructive since 2011. Increase font size font. Fatalities 2 direct 21 indirect attributed to the fire include 1 firefighter and 1 civilian directly 21 deaths in later mudslides. 2 firefighters and 7 civilians killed.
Smoke from the 2015 california wildfires as seen from space on august 18 2015. Skip to main content saving your location allows us to provide you with more relevant information. The fire which started back on july 29 grew overnight again but not as significantly. 893 362 acres 3 615 km 2 cost 4 771 billion 2015 usd deaths.
By sunday the thirteenth of september the fire had reached 50 000 acres 202 km 2 and had destroyed much of cobb middletown. It is now at 68 300 acres. Executive staff history 45 day report strategic plan careers. Los angeles lalate the rocky fire 2015 and california fire map latest update was issued moments ago.
2016 a total of 8 745 wildfires burned a total area of 893 362 acres 3 615 km 2 in california during 2015. This map shows where. Luke whelan bio. The fires locations are approximates.
But last night it expanded far less. Decrease font size font. It quickly spread and by 6 30 pm pdt it had burned more than 10 000 acres 40 km 2.