| 2001 California wildfires | |||||||||||||
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Several fires burn on either side of California's Central Valley in a photograph taken from the Space Shuttle on August 20, 2001 | |||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Total fires | 9,317 | ||||||||||||
| Total area | 377,340 acres 152,700 ha | ||||||||||||
| Impacts | |||||||||||||
| Deaths | 2+ | ||||||||||||
| Structures destroyed | 389+ | ||||||||||||
| Damage | US$196 million ($109m in suppression costs and $87.3m in damages, per Cal Fire estimates) | ||||||||||||
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The 2001 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of California during 2001. According to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) statistics, 9,317 fires burned a total of 377,340 acres (152,700 hectares).[1]
The largest wildfire of the year in California was the Observation Fire in Lassen County, which burned 67,700 acres, and the most destructive was the Poe Fire in Butte County, which burned 133 structures.[2] Cal Fire wildfire suppression costs for fires that burned within the agency's jurisdiction amounted to US$109 million. Damages for the same amounted to $87.3 million, with a total of 389 structures lost.[3] At least two fatalities occurred, both of them on the Bell Fire in San Diego County.[2]
- ^ "California Wildfires and Acres for all Jurisdictions" (PDF). California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. August 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "CDF 2001 Fire Season Summary" (PDF). California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. March 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2003. Retrieved January 9, 2023.