2002 California wildfires

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^[3] that burned 969,890 acres (3,925.0 km²) of land.^[2]

2002 California wildfires
NASA satellite image of Santa Ana winds blowing across Southern California and starting wildfires, on February 9, 2002
Statistics[1][2]
Total fires	8,328[3]
Total area	969,890 acres (3,925.0 km2)
Impacts
Deaths	6 firefighters killed
Non-fatal injuries	Unknown
Damage	$308.977 million (2002 USD)
Season
← 2001 2003 →

Fires

Below is a list of fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km²) or caused a notable amount of damage during the 2002 fire season.^[2] The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.

Name	County	Acres	Km2	Start Date	Contained Date	Notes
Green	Riverside	2,400	9.7	February 9, 2002	February 13, 2002
Gavilan	San Diego	5,763	23.3	February 10, 2002	February 15, 2002	43 buildings destroyed, 13 buildings damaged
Nicholas	Madera	12,000	48.6	March 16, 2002	March 16, 2002
Aliso	San Diego	2,400	9.7	March 21, 2002	March 22, 2002
Bouquet	Los Angeles	4,977	20.1	May 11, 2002	May 13, 2002
Mateo	San Diego	1,500	6.1	May 13, 2002	May 13, 2002
State 925	Riverside	1,472	6.0	May 13, 2002	May 15, 2002
Ahlem	Merced	6,000	24.3	May 23, 2002	May 23, 2002
Arrowhead	San Bernardino	2,688	10.9	May 31, 2002	June 5, 2002
Wolf	Ventura	21,645	87.6	June 1, 2002	June 14, 2002	6 structures destroyed
Copper	Los Angeles	23,407	94.7	June 5, 2002	June 12, 2002	26 structures destroyed
Skyway	Butte	2,000	8.1	June 8, 2002	June 9, 2002
Davis	San Luis Obispo	2,118	8.6	June 9, 2002	June 9, 2002
Forks	Siskiyou	1,400	5.7	June 12, 2002	June 15, 2002
Bluecut	San Bernardino	6,864	27.8	June 16, 2002	June 22, 2002
Borel	Kern	3,430	13.9	June 15, 2002	June 17, 2002	19 structures destroyed
Sudden Ranch	Santa Barbara	7,782	31.5	June 17, 2002	June 19, 2002	1 structure destroyed
Copo	Los Angeles	1,460	5.9	June 18, 2002	June 21, 2002	1 structures destroyed
Vieux	Alameda	1,029	4.2	June 18, 2002	June 18, 2002
Troy	San Diego	1,188	4.8	June 19, 2002	June 22, 2002	3 buildings destroyed, 1 damaged
Stage	Tulare	1,100	4.5	June 22, 2002	June 22, 2002
Louisiana	San Bernardino	6,574	26.6	June 26, 2002	June 30, 2002	7 buildings destroyed
Cottonwood	Merced	1,000	4.0	July 4, 2002	July 4, 2002
596	Lassen	4,500	18.2	July 12, 2002	July 13, 2002
Garnet	San Diego	1,166	4.7	July 13, 2002	July 16, 2002
Mussolini	Siskiyou	3,260	13.2	July 13, 2002	July 16, 2002
Sour Biscuit	Del Norte	28,772	116.4	July 13, 2002	August 2, 2002
Inyo Complex	Inyo	6,550	26.5	July 15, 2002	July 16, 2002
Horse Complex	Lassen	1,850	7.5	July 15, 2002	July 15, 2002
Highway 58	San Luis Obispo	1,380	5.6	July 18, 2002	July 19, 2002	6 structures destroyed
Deer	Kern	1,800	7.3	July 21, 2002	July 24, 2002	94 structures destroyed
McNally	Tulare	150,696	609.8	July 21, 2002	September 3, 2002	17 structures destroyed
Stanza	Siskiyou	2,880	11.7	July 26, 2002	August 2, 2002	3 firefighters killed
Pines	San Diego	61,690	249.7	July 29, 2002	August 16, 2002	160 structures destroyed, 4 damaged; caused by damaged electric power lines
Fort Hunter Liggett	Monterey	1,400	5.7	August 10, 2002	August 11, 2002
Curve	Los Angeles	20,857	84.4	September 1, 2002	September 5, 2002	73 structures destroyed
Freeway	Los Angeles	1,043	4.2	September 1, 2002	September 3, 2002
Leona	Los Angeles	5,124	20.7	September 3, 2002	September 6, 2002	16 structures destroyed
Mountain	Los Angeles	594	2.4	September 9, 2002	September 11, 2002
Oasis	Los Angeles	1,305	5.3	September 14, 2002	September 14, 2002
Sierra	Placer	1,305	5.3	September 18, 2002	September 18, 2002	21 structures destroyed
Williams	Los Angeles	38,094	154.2	September 22, 2002	October 7, 2002	77 structures destroyed
Croy	Santa Clara	3,127	12.7	September 23, 2002	September 28, 2002	34 structures destroyed, 4 damaged
Cone	Lassen	2,006	8.1	September 26, 2002	September 30, 2002
Sixteen	Yolo	1,500	6.1	October 1, 2002	October 2, 2002
Plum	El Dorado	1,765	7.1	November 26, 2002	November 28, 2002
Pine	Mendocino	1,200	4.9	November 26, 2002	November 28, 2002	7 structures destroyed

References

1. "CDF 2002 Fire Season Summary" (PDF). CalFire. February 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
2. "2002 Large Fires" (PDF). CAL FIRE. February 11, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
3. "National Report of Wildland Fires and Acres Burned by State in 2002" (PDF). National Interagency Fire Center. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2017.