| 2012 California wildfires | |||||||||||||||||
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Wildfires burn in Northern California in an image taken by NASA's Aqua satellite on August 19, 2012. | |||||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Total fires | 7,950 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total area | 869,599 acres (3,519.14 km2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Impacts | |||||||||||||||||
| Deaths | None reported | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-fatal injuries | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||
| Damage | >$338.21 million (2012 USD) | ||||||||||||||||
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 A map of wildfires in California in 2012, using Cal Fire data | |||||||||||||||||
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California's 2012 wildfire season saw 7,950 wildfires burn a total of 869,599 acres (3,519.14 km2);[1]: 62 these included the massive Rush Fire, which was the tenth-largest wildfire recorded in California in modern times, and the Ponderosa Fire, which destroyed 133 structures. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) incurred fire suppression costs of US$310 million between July 2012 and June 2013, in addition to wildfire damages of $28.2 million.[2]
- ^ "Wildland Fire Summary and Statistics Annual Report 2012" (PDF). National Interagency Coordination Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ^ "CAL FIRE 2012 Wildland Fire Summary" (PDF). California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 25, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2023.