Английская Википедия:2001 California wildfires
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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 Шаблон:Convert.[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]
Season narrative
An unusually warm, dry, and windy May prompted Cal Fire to declare May 22 the beginning of fire season throughout the state, the point in the year at which the agency hires seasonal staff to be at the ready round-the-clock in California forest districts.[4] The pattern continued through June, with fires active weeks in advance of the 'usual' beginning of fire season.[5]
The National Interagency Fire Center declared that the country had reached National Preparedness Level 5 (the point at which incidents across the country had the "potential to exhaust all agency fire resources") on August 15, 2001, with the bulk of the fires in California Oregon, and Nevada.[6]
Cal Fire firefighting aircraft were temporarily grounded on September 11 by the ground stop order issued nationwide by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in response to the deadly September 11 attacks in New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) eventually instructed firefighting agencies to apply for exemptions as needed, and the restriction (which began at about 10:00 a.m.) was lifted after about three hours, when the FAA granted Cal Fire's request for exemption. The restriction affected aircraft on the Poe Fire in Butte County, among others.[7][8]
All Cal Fire units were declared "off season" by December 3.[3]
List of wildfires
The following is a list of fires that burned more than Шаблон:Convert, produced significant structural damage or casualties, or were otherwise notable. It is excerpted from Cal Fire's 2001 list of large (≥ 300 acres) fires, and may not be complete or reflect the most recent information.[2]
| Name | County | Acres | Start date | Containment date | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viejas | San Diego | 10,353 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by smoking; destroyed 16 structures, damaged 13 | [9] |
| Jones | Siskiyou | 1,440 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by debris | |
| Devil | Lassen | 4,400 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by equipment use | |
| 165 | Merced | 1,500 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Cause undetermined | |
| Jackson | Amador | 2,240 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by welding; destroyed 15 structures, damaged 1 | |
| SNF-562 | Merced | 1,200 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | ||
| Hemlock | San Bernardino | 1,074 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by an escaped burn | |
| Pacheco | Merced | 1,550 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by a vehicle | |
| Martis | Nevada | 14,500 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by a campfire | |
| Watkins | Riverside | 1,407 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by arson | |
| McLaughlin | Inyo | 2,900 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning | |
| Hoover Complex | Mariposa | 8,007 | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning; was allowed to burn in Yosemite National Park for ecological reasons | [10] | |
| Reche | Riverside | 1,798 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by a vehicle | |
| Stream | Lassen | 3,560 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning | |
| Trough | Lake, Glenn, Colusa | 24,970 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Cause undetermined; destroyed 30 structures | |
| Cowhead | Modoc | 1,670 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning | |
| Modoc Complex | Modoc | 5,367 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning | |
| Shaffer | Lassen | 1,100 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning | |
| Observation | Lassen | 67,700 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning | |
| Blue Complex | Modoc | 37,950 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning | |
| (Emigrant) Gap | Nevada, Placer | 2,462 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by human activity | [11] |
| Crater | Mono | 5,800 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning | |
| Buzz | Modoc | 2,206 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning | |
| Ponderosa | Placer | 2,780 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by a vehicle | |
| Creek | Mariposa, Tuolumne | 11,095 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by arson; destroyed 43 structures | |
| Leonard | Calaveras | 5,167 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by equipment use; destroyed 22 structures | |
| Highway | Fresno | 4,152 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by arson; destroyed 8 structures | |
| North Fork | Madera | 2,930 | Шаблон:Dts | |||
| Star | El Dorado | 16,761 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | ||
| Oregon | Trinity | 1,680 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Cause undetermined; destroyed 33 structures and caused evacuations in the town of Weaverville | [10] |
| Hyampon | Trinity | 1,065 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Cause undetermined | |
| Darby | Calaveras | 14,280 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Cause undetermined | |
| Poe | Butte | 8,333 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by tree into PG&E power lines, destroyed 133 structures in the Yankee Hill area | [12] |
| Happy Camp Complex | Siskiyou | 8,500 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by lightning | |
| Stables | Los Angeles | 6,544 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | ||
| Highway 70 | Butte | 1,711 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Caused by arson | |
| Bell | San Diego | 1,204 | Шаблон:Dts | Шаблон:Dts | Cause undetermined; 2 fatalities |
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