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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox wildfire Шаблон:2020 Western United States wildfire season The Western United States experienced a series of major wildfires in 2020. Severe August thunderstorms ignited numerous wildfires across California, Oregon, and Washington, followed in early September by additional ignitions across the West Coast. Fanned by strong, gusty winds and fueled by hot, dry terrains, many of the fires exploded and coalesced into record-breaking megafires,[1] burning more than Шаблон:Convert of land,[2][3] mobilizing tens of thousands of firefighters, razing over ten thousand buildings,[3] and killing at least 37 people.[4][5] The fires caused over $19.884 billion (2020 USD) in damages,[2][3] including $16.5 billion in property damage and $3.384 billion in fire suppression costs.[2][3] Climate change and poor forest management practices contributed to the severity of the wildfires.[6]

Background

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Fire, environment, and cultural shift

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Fire regimes of United States vegetation

Save for areas along the Pacific coast and mountain ridgetops, North America tends to be wetter in the east and drier in the west. This creates ideal conditions in the West for lightning sparked and wind driven storms to spread large-scale, seasonal wildfires.[7][8] Human societies practicing cultural burns developed in these conditions. Various Indigenous controlled fire practices,[8] as well as their adoption by settlers, were curtailed and outlawed during the European colonization of the Americas, culminating with the modern fire suppression era, signified by the Weeks Act of 1911, which formalized paradigmatic changes in ecosystem priorities and management.[7]Шаблон:Better source needed[9] Land was protected from fire, and vegetation accumulated near settlements, increasing the risk of explosive, smoky conflagrations.

Many indigenous tribes, including the Karuk, have passed down cultural memories of adaptations to fire-prone ecosystems, including cultural burning. In the last few decades, these have been acknowledged by the United States Forest Service, NOAA,[10] and other agencies in American colonial nations.[9][11]

While lightning sparked ignitions are typical of fire-prone ecosystems, higher human population and increased development in the wildland–urban interface has increased accidental and intentional sparking of destructive fires.[12]

Record hemispheric heat

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Year-to-date (through September 8, 2020) animation of extent and intensity of drought in the United States maintained by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln[13]

Record dry weather struck the Western United States in late 2019, extending all the way through the winter of 2020. The lack of precipitation prompted concerns from state governments and the press.[14] On March 22, a state of emergency was declared by California Governor Gavin Newsom due to a mass die-off of trees throughout the state, potentially increasing the risk of wildfire.[15] Oregon officially declared the start of their wildfire season that same month.[15][16] Despite light rain in late March and April, severe drought conditions persisted, and were predicted to last late into the year, due to a delayed wet season.[17] After fires began in Washington in April, several more fires occurred throughout the West Coast, prompting burn ban restrictions in Washington and Oregon, come July.[18]

Year-to-date wildfire figures

National Interagency Fire Center Geographic Area Coordination Centers
National Interagency Fire Center Geographic Area Coordination Centers

United States agencies stationed at the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho maintain a "National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report" on wildfires, delineating 10 sub-national areas, aggregating the regional and national totals of burn size, fire suppression cost, and razed structure count, among other data. As of October 21, "Coordination Centers" of each geography report the following:[3]

Note: Check primary sources for up-to-date statistics. This data is not final and may contain duplicate reports until the data is finalized around January 2021.

Coordination Center Acres Hectares Suppression Costs Structures Destroyed
Alaska Interagency Шаблон:Convert $14,837,241.00 8
Northwest Area Шаблон:Convert $414,535,531.13 4,472
Northern California Area Шаблон:Convert $1,388,359,480.14 9,747
Southern California Area Шаблон:Convert $921,427,069.00 1,857
Northern Rockies Шаблон:Convert $75,698,682.00 222
Great Basin Шаблон:Convert $251,845,657.39 275
Southwest Area Шаблон:Convert $204,076,181.96 64
Rocky Mountain Area Шаблон:Convert $343,972,034.34 1,140
Eastern Area Шаблон:Convert $631,398.58 24
Southern Area Шаблон:Convert $15,526,190.92 324
TotalsШаблон:Efn Шаблон:Convert $3,630,909,466.46 18,133

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Timeline of events

Initial ignitions and weather conditions

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The CZU Lightning Complex fires were sparked by lightning in mid-August[19]

April saw the beginning of wildfires in the west coast, as Washington experienced two fires: the Stanwood Bryant Fire in Snohomish County (Шаблон:Convert) and the Porter Creek Fire in Whatcom County (Шаблон:Convert).[20] The Oregon Department of Forestry declared fire season beginning July 5, 2020, signaling the end of unregulated debris burning outdoors, a major cause of wildfires.[21]

Between July 16 and 30, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and many county governments – including Mason, Thurston, King, Pierce and Whatcom Counties – issued fire safety burn bans due to elevated risk of uncontrolled fires.[22] In late July, a brush fire in Chelan County, the Colockum Fire, burned at least Шаблон:Convert and caused homes to be evacuated.[23] A fire on the Colville Reservation near Nespelem called the Greenhouse Fire burned at least Шаблон:Convert and caused the evacuation of the Colville Tribal Corrections Facility and other structures.[24][25]

Between August 14 and 16, Northern California was subjected to record-breaking warm temperatures,[26] due to anomalously strong high pressure over the region. Early on August 15, the National Weather Service for San Francisco issued a Fire Weather Watch[27] highlighting the risk of wildfire starts due to the combination of lightning risk due to moist, unstable air aloft, dry fuels, and hot temperatures near the surface. Later that day, the Fire Weather Watch was upgraded to a Red Flag Warning,[28] noting the risk of abundant lightning already apparent as the storms moved toward the region from the south.

In mid-August, the remnants of Tropical Storm Fausto interacted with the jet stream, resulting in a large plume of moisture moving northward towards the West Coast of the U.S., triggering a massive siege of lightning storms in Northern California, and setting the conditions for wildfires elsewhere.[29] Due to abnormal wind patterns, this plume streamed from up to Шаблон:Convert off the coast of the Baja Peninsula into Northern California. This moisture then interacted with a high-pressure ridge situated over Nevada that was bringing a long-track heat wave to much of California and the West.[30] These colliding weather systems then created excessive atmospheric instability that generated massive thunderstorms throughout much of Northern and Central California. Multiple places also experienced Midwest-style convective “heat bursts”–in which rapid collapse of thunderstorm updrafts caused air parcels aloft to plunge to the surface and warm to extreme levels, with one location near Travis Air Force Base going from around Шаблон:Cvt in nearly 1–2 hours.[31] Additionally, much of these storms were only accompanied with dry lightning and produced little to no rain, making conditions very favorable for wildfires to spark and spread rapidly.[32]

As a result of the fires, on August 19, Governors Kate Brown and Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency for Oregon and Washington respectively.[33][34]

Growth of fires

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Six of the twenty largest wildfires in California history were part of the 2020 wildfire season. Five of the new wildfires ranking in the top 10 were all a part of the August 2020 lightning fires.

By August 20, the Palmer Fire near Oroville, Washington – which started August 18 – had reached Шаблон:Convert and forced evacuation of up to 85 homes.[35][36] The largest of the fires in the Olympics reached Шаблон:Convert by August 20.[37]

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View of the Bobcat Fire from a kitchen window in Monrovia, California

The Evans Canyon Fire, a few miles north of Naches, began around August 31 and expanded to tens of thousands of acres, shut down Washington State Route 821 in the Yakima River Canyon, burned several homes and caused hundreds of families to evacuate, and caused unhealthy air quality in Yakima County.[38] By September 6, it had burned almost Шаблон:Convert.[39]

The August 2020 lightning fires include three of the largest wildfires in the recorded history of California: the SCU Lightning Complex, the August Complex, and the LNU Lightning Complex. On September 10, 2020, the August Complex became the single-largest wildfire in the recorded history of California, reaching a total area burned of Шаблон:Convert. Then, on September 11, it merged with the Elkhorn Fire, another massive wildfire of Шаблон:Convert, turning the August Complex into a monster wildfire of Шаблон:Convert.[40]

In early September 2020, a combination of a record-breaking heat wave, and Diablo and Santa Ana winds sparked more fires and explosively grew active fires, with the August Complex surpassing the 2018 Mendocino Complex to become California's largest recorded wildfire.[40] The North Complex increased in size as the winds fanned it westward, threatening the city of Oroville, and triggering mass evacuations.[41] During the first week in September, the 2020 fire season set a new California record for the most area burned in a year at Шаблон:Convert.[42] As of September 13, Шаблон:Convert had burned in the state.[43] On September 5, heat from the Creek Fire generated a large pyrocumulonimbus cloud, described as one of the largest seen in the United States.[44]

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Carbon monoxide hotspots show locations of the wildfires

On September 7, a "historic fire event" with high winds resulted in 80 fires and nearly Шаблон:Convert burned in a day. Malden, in the Palouse Country of Eastern Washington, was mostly destroyed by one of the fires.[45] By the evening of September 8, the Cold Springs Canyon and adjacent Pearl Hill Fires had burned over Шаблон:Convert and neither was more than 10% contained.[46] Smoke blanketed the Seattle area on September 8 and caused unhealthy air conditions throughout the Puget Sound region, and affected Southwest British Columbia.[47][48]

On September 8, 2020, in Salem, Oregon, dark red skies as a result of smoke were visible beginning in the late morning. On September 9, 2020, San Francisco and Eureka, California were similarly affected, with dark orange skies reported.

The cities of Phoenix and Talent in Oregon were substantially destroyed by the Almeda Drive Fire. State-wide, at least 23 people have been killed.[49][50] On September 11, authorities said they were preparing for a mass fatality incident.[51] As of September 11, 600 homes and 100 commercial buildings have been destroyed by the Almeda Drive Fire.[52] Officials stated that the Almeda Drive Fire was human-caused.[52] On September 11, a man was arrested for arson, for allegedly starting a fire that destroyed multiple homes in Phoenix and merged with the Almeda Drive Fire.[53] A separate criminal investigation into the origin point of the Almeda Drive Fire in Ashland is ongoing.[53]

Around September 11–12, wildfires were starting to encroach upon the Clackamas County suburbs of Portland, Oregon, especially the fast-moving Riverside Fire which had already jumped the nearby community of Estacada, but shifting wind directions kept the fire away from the main Portland area.[54]

Through much of September, at least 8 large wildfires, each of Шаблон:Convert or more, were burning in Washington and Oregon, with 3 in Washington and 5 in Oregon. This was unprecedented for those two states, which combined only saw a total of 26 large fires from 1997 to 2019.[55] On September 22, 10 large fires, each of at least 100,000 acres, were burning across California, including 5 of the 10 largest wildfires in the state's history.[56]

Evacuations

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The Government of California's video about COVID-19 protocols in place at wildfire evacuation centers

The first evacuations began on September 4, when almost 200 people were airlifted out of the Sierra National Forest due to the rapidly exploding Creek Fire. Then on September 9, most of the southern area of the city of Medford, Oregon was forced to evacuate and almost all of the 80,000 residents living in the city were told to be ready if necessary[57] because of the uncontained Almeda Drive Fire, which was fast encroaching on their city.[58][59] As of September 11, about 40,000 people in Oregon had been instructed to evacuate, and 500,000, accounting for about 10% of the state's population, had received instructions to prepare for evacuation, being under a Level 1, 2, or 3 fire evacuation alert.[60][61]

List of wildfires

Шаблон:Further The following is a list of fires that burned more than Шаблон:Cvt or produced significant structural damage or casualties.

Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref
Interstate 5 Kings County, California 2,060 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [62]
PCMS Complex Las Animas County, Colorado 2,175 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Unknown Cause [63]
Cherry Canyon Las Animas County, Colorado 11,818 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-Caused [64]
Range San Luis Obispo County, California 5,000 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [65]
Tabby Canyon Tooele County, Utah 13,378 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Caused by exploding target. Merged with North Stansbury Fire on June 1 at 6,848.8 acres. [66]
Scorpion Santa Barbara County, California 1,395 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [67]
Bighorn Pima County, Arizona 119,987 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Burned on the Santa Catalina Mountains [68]
Quail Solano County, California 1,837 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 3 structures destroyed [69][70]
Farm Camp San Miguel County, New Mexico 22,872 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-Caused [71]
Tadpole Grant County, New Mexico 11,159 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-Caused [72]
Wood San Diego County, California 11,000 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Burned on Camp Pendleton [73]
India San Diego County, California 1,100 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Burned on Camp Pendleton [74]
Mangum Coconino County, Arizona 71,450 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Burned in the Kaibab National Forest [75]
Soda San Luis Obispo County, California 1,672 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 2 structures destroyed [76][77]
Grant Sacramento County, California 5,042 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 1 structure damaged [78]
Bush Gila County, Maricopa County, Arizona 193,455 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Human-Caused [79]
East Canyon La Plata County, Montezuma County, Colorado 2,905 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-Caused [80]
Vics Peak Socorro County, New Mexico 14,624 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-Caused;burned in the Apache Kid Wilderness [81]
Walker Calaveras County, California 1,455 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 2 structures destroyed [82]
Grade Tulare County, California 1,050 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [83]
Brown White Pine County, Nevada 8,268 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts The cause of the wildfire is still under investigation [84]
Poeville Washoe County, Nevada 2,975 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Led to evacuation of portions of the City of Reno [85]
Wood Springs 2 Apache County, Arizona 12,861 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-Caused; 7 structures destroyed on the Navajo Nation [86]
Canal Millard County, Juab County, Utah 78,065 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-Caused; destroyed 34 structures; 100% contained on June 27 but escaped containment due to strong winds [87]
Pass Merced County, California 2,192 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [88]
Bena Kern County, California 2,900 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [89]
Polles Gila County, Arizona 628 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-Caused; a helicopter supporting firefighting efforts crashed on July 7, taking the life of pilot Bryan Boatman.The incident is under investigation. [90][91]
Crews Santa Clara County, California 5,513 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 1 structure destroyed; 1 damaged; 1 injury. Resulted in evacuations of rural Gilroy. [92]
Soledad Los Angeles County, California 1,525 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 1 injury [93]
Numbers Douglas County, Nevada 18,380 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 40 buildings destroyed [94]
Mineral Fresno County, California 29,667 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 7 structures destroyed [95][96]
Coyote San Benito County, California 1,508 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [97]
Hog Lassen County, California 9,564 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 2 structures destroyed [98]
Gold Lassen County, California 22,634 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 13 structures destroyed; 5 structures damaged; 2 firefighters injured in burnover [99]
July Complex 2020 Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California 83,261 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 1 structure destroyed; 3 outbuildings destroyed [100]
Blue Jay Mariposa County, Tuolumne County, California 6,922 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked [101]
Red Salmon Complex Humboldt County, Siskiyou County, Trinity County, California 144,698 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Originally started as both the Red and Salmon fire (both started by lightning strikes), but have since merged into one fire [102][103]
Chikamin Chelan County, Washington 1,685 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [104]
Apple Riverside County, California 33,424 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 4 structures destroyed; 8 outbuildings destroyed; 4 injuries [105]
Pond San Luis Obispo County, California 1,962 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 1 structure destroyed; 1 damaged; 13 outbuildings destroyed[106] [107]
North Lassen County, California 6,882 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 6,882 acres in total, of which approximately 4,105 acres burned in Washoe County, Nevada [108]
Stagecoach Kern County, California 7,760 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 23 structures destroyed; 4 damaged; 25 outbuildings destroyed; 2 damaged;[109] 1 firefighter fatality[110] [111]
Neals Hill Harney County, Oregon 3,391 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Caused by lightning [112][113]
Bumble Bee Yavapai County, Arizona 2,993 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Human-Caused [114]
Wolf Mariposa County, Tuolumne County, California 2,057 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked [115]
Lake Los Angeles County, California 31,089 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked, 33 structures destroyed; 6 damaged; 21 outbuildings destroyed; 2 injuries [116][117]
Ranch 2 Los Angeles County, California 4,237 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked [118]
Hills Fresno County, California 2,121 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked; 1 fatality [119]
Loyalton Lassen County, Plumas County, Sierra County, California 47,029 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked, Caused National Weather Service to issue first ever Fire Tornado Warning; 5 homes, 6 outbuildings destroyed [120][121]
Beach Mono County, California 3,780 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked [122]
Frog Crook County, Oregon 4,020 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Caused by lightning [123]
Green Ridge Deschutes County, Oregon 4,338 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Caused by lightning [124]
River Monterey County, California 48,088 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked; 30 structures destroyed; 13 structures damaged; 4 injuries [125]
Dome San Bernardino County, California 43,273 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked, Burned in the Mojave National Preserve [126]
Indian Creek Malheur County, Oregon 48,128 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Caused by lightning [127]
CZU Lightning Complex San Mateo County, Santa Cruz County, California 86,509 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Several lightning-sparked fires burning close together across San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties; 1,490 structures destroyed; 140 structures damaged; 1 injury; 1 fatality. [128]
SCU Lightning Complex Santa Clara County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County, Merced County, Stanislaus County, California 396,624 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Deer Zone, Marsh, Canyon Zone and other surrounding fires combined into one multi-fire incident by CalFire; all believed to have been sparked by an intense and widespread lightning storm; 222 structures destroyed; 26 structures damaged; 6 injuries. It is the third-largest fire complex in California history. [129]
Beachie Creek Linn County, Oregon 193,573 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts. Merged with the Lionshead Fire and became the Santiam Fire on September 8. [130]
August Complex Glenn County, Mendocino County, Lake County, Tehama County, Trinity County, California 1,032,648 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning strikes started 37 fires, several of which grew to large sizes, especially the Doe Fire; 935 structures destroyed; 2 firefighter injuries; 1 firefighter fatality. It became the largest fire complex in California history and combined with the Elkhorn Fire on September 10. [131][132]
Lionshead Jefferson County, Oregon 204,469 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts. Merged into the Beachie Creek Fire and became the Santiam Fire on September 8. [133]
Rattlesnake Tulare County, California 8,419 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning sparked a slow-growing fire in inaccessible terrain. [134]
Downey Creek Douglas County, Oregon 2,570 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [135]
Jones Nevada County, California 705 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning sparked, 21 structures destroyed, 3 structures damaged, 7 injuries [136]
Holser Ventura County, California 3,000 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [137]
Sheep Plumas County, Lassen County, California 29,570 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked, 26 structures destroyed, 1 injury [138][139]
LNU Lightning Complex Colusa County, Lake County, Napa County, Sonoma County, Solano County, Yolo County, California 363,220 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Multi-fire incident that includes the Hennessey Fire (305,651 acres), the Walbridge Fire (55,209 acres), and the Meyers Fire (2,360 acres) sparked by lightning; 1,491 structures destroyed; 232 structures damaged; 5 injuries; 5 fatalities. It is the fourth-largest fire complex in California history. [140]
Butte/Tehama/Glenn Lightning Complex (Butte Zone) Butte County, California 19,609 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning sparked 34 fires throughout Butte County; 14 structures destroyed; 1 structure damaged; 1 injury [141]
White River Wasco County, Oregon 17,383 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [142]
North Complex Plumas County, Butte County, Yuba County, California 318,935 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning strikes, includes the Claremont Fire and the Bear Fire; 2,357 structures destroyed, 114 structures damaged; 15 fatalities; 2 injuries; It is the sixth-largest fire complex in California history. [143][144]
Salt Calaveras County, California 1,789 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked [145]
Carmel Monterey County, California 6,905 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked, 73 structures destroyed; 7 structures damaged [146]
W-5 Cold Springs Lassen County, Modoc County, California 84,817 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked. Fire spread eastward into Washoe County, Nevada. [147]
Palmer Okanogan County, Washington 17,988 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [148]
Laurel Wheeler County, Oregon 1,257 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [149]
Woodward Marin County, California 4,929 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked [150]
Dolan Monterey County, California 124,924 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Cause not officially determined; however, a suspect was charged with arson in connection to the fire[151] [152]
SQF Complex Tulare County, California 174,178 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked, contains the Castle Fire and the Shotgun Fire [153]
Moc Tuolumne County, California 2,857 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked [154]
East Fork Duchesne County, Utah 89,765 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-Caused; destroyed 11 structures and merged with the Phinney Lake fire at 10,040 acres [155]
Moraine Tulare County, California 1,316 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked [156]
Slink Mono County, California 26,759 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Lightning-sparked [157]
Evans Canyon Kittitas County, Washington 75,817 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [158]
Creek Fresno County, Madera County, California 379,895 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 853 structures destroyed, 64 structures damaged; 29 injuries; 1 fatality [159][160][161]
Valley San Diego County, California 16,390 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 51 structures destroyed, 11 structures damaged, 2 injuries [162]
El Dorado Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California 22,744 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Sparked by a pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party. 20 structures destroyed, 4 structures damaged; 13 injuries, 1 fatality [163][164]
Cold Springs Okanogan County, Washington 189,923 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 1 fatality [165][166]
Bobcat Los Angeles County, California 115,796 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Unknown cause, 170 structures destroyed, 47 structures damaged; 6 Injuries [167]
Oak Mendocino County, California 1,100 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Unknown cause, 25 structures destroyed, 20 structures damaged [168]
P-515 Jefferson County, Oregon 4,609 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts. Merged into the Lionshead Fire on September 8. [169]
Slater/Devil Siskiyou County, Del Norte County, California, Josephine County, Oregon 157,229 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 2 fatalities, 1 structure destroyed [170][171]
Two Four Two Klamath County, Oregon 14,473 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [172]
Brattain Lake County, Oregon 50,951 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [173]
Holiday Farm Lane County, Oregon 173,393 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 1 fatality [174]
Echo Mountain Complex Lincoln County, Oregon 2,552 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 293 structures destroyed, 22 structures damaged [175]
Babb-Maiden/Manning Spokane County, Washington 18,254 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [176]
Whitney Lincoln County, Washington 127,430 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [177]
Inchelium Complex Ferry County, Washington 19,399 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [178]
Pearl Hill Douglas County, Washington 223,730 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Started when the Cold Springs fire jumped the Columbia River, then spread quickly due to strong winds and low relative humidity. Destroyed 25 residences and 35 other structures. [179][180]
Apple Acres Chelan County, Washington 5,500 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [181]
Fork El Dorado County, California 1,673 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [182]
South Obenchain Jackson County, Oregon 32,671 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [183]
Riverside Clackamas County, Oregon 138,054 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [184]
Santiam Clackamas County, Jefferson County, Linn County, Marion County, Wasco County, Oregon 402,592 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Includes the Lionshead, Beachie Creek, and P-515 Fires, which merged. 1568+ structures destroyed, 5 deaths [185][169][186]
Big Hollow Skamania County, Washington 24,995 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [187]
Almeda Drive Jackson County, Oregon 3,200 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts[188] 2457+ structures destroyed, 3 fatalities [189][190][52][53]
Chehalem Mountain- Bald Peak Washington County, Oregon 2,000 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [191][192][193][194][195]
Thielsen Douglas County, Oregon 9,975 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [196]
Willow Yuba County, California 1,311 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 41 structures destroyed; 10 structures damaged [197]
Archie Creek Douglas County, Oregon 131,542 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [198]
Bullfrog Fresno County, California 1,185 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [199]
Fox Trinity County, California 2,188 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [200]
Snow Riverside County, California 6,254 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [201]
Glass Napa County, California Sonoma County, California 67,484 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 1,555 structures destroyed, 282 structures damaged [202]
Zogg Shasta County, California 56,338 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 204 structures destroyed, 27 structures damaged; 1 injury, 4 fatalities [203]
Range Utah County, Utah 3,496 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Human-Caused (Cause: Police Target Shooting) [204]
Silverado Orange County, California 12,466 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 5 structures destroyed, 9 structures damaged; 2 injuries [205]
Blue Ridge Orange County, California 13,694 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 1 structure destroyed, 10 structures damaged [206]
Laura 2 Orange County, California 2,800 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 40 structures destroyed [207]
Mountain View Mono County, California 20,385 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts 90 structures destroyed, 8 damaged; 1 fatality [208][209]
Airport Riverside County, California 1,087 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [210]
Bond Orange County, California 6,686 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Started by a house fire; 31 structures destroyed; 21 structures damaged; 2 firefighter injuries [211][212][213][214][215]
Sanderson Riverside County, California 1,933 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts [216]
Creek 5 San Diego County, California 4,276 Шаблон:Dts Шаблон:Dts Unknown cause; over 7,000 people evacuated from housing areas on Camp Pendleton [217][218]Шаблон:Anchor

Causes

Fire policy

Prior to development, California fires regularly burned significantly more acreage than in recent history. Wildfires have been aggressively suppressed in the last century, resulting in a buildup of fuel, increasing the risk of large uncontrollable fires. There is broad scientific consensus that there should be more controlled burning of forest in California in order to reduce fire risk.[219][220][221] Controlled burning is hampered by wildfire litigation models that present wildfires in court cases as the result of careless ignition events while discounting underlying forest conditions.[222][223] A 2020 ProPublica investigation blamed the culture of Cal Fire, greed on the part of fire suppression contractors, and risk aversion on the part of the U.S. Forest Service from preventing appropriate controlled burns from taking place.[224]

Climate change

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Secretary of California's Natural Resources Agency Wade Crowfoot urges President Trump to not ignore the science on climate change to which Trump responds "I don't think science knows, actually"[225][226] and "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."[227]

Climate change has led to increased heat waves and the risk of drought in California, creating the conditions for more frequent and severe wildfires.[228][229] It has been observed that since the early 1970s, warm‐season days in California warmed by ca. 1.4 °C. This significantly increases the atmospheric vapor pressure deficit, the difference between the actual and a maximum moisture content for a certain temperature. Trends simulated by climate models are consistent with human-induced trends. Summer forest‐fire area reacts to the vapor pressure deficit exponentially, i.e., warming has grown increasingly impactful.[229]

David Romps, director of the Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center summarizes the situation as follows: "To cut to the chase: Were the heat wave and the lightning strikes and the dryness of the vegetation affected by global warming? Absolutely yes. Were they made significantly hotter, more numerous, and drier because of global warming? Yes, likely yes, and yes."[230] Similarly, Friederike Otto, acting director of the University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute states, "There is absolutely no doubt that the extremely high temperatures are higher than they would have been without human-induced climate change. A huge body of attribution literature demonstrates now that climate change is an absolute game-changer when it comes to heat waves, and California won't be the exception."[231] Susan Clark, director of the Sustainability Initiative at the University at Buffalo, states, "This is climate change. This increased intensity and frequency of temperatures and heat waves are part of the projections for the future. [...] There is going to be more morbidity and mortality [from heat.] There are going to be more extremes."[231]

Arson

In August 2020, a suspect was charged by the Monterey County Sheriff with arson relating to the Dolan Fire; however, this has not been officially determined as the cause of the fire.[232][233] In April 2021, another suspect, already arrested and charged for the murder of a woman, was charged with arson relating to the Markley Fire, one of the wildfires involving in the LNU Lightning Complex fires; according to authorities, the fire was set to cover up the aforementioned murder.[234] Arson has also been suspected as the cause of the Ranch 2 Fire in Los Angeles County.Шаблон:Citation needed

Obstacles to fire control

Rumors about political extremist involvement

In Oregon, rumors spread that Antifa activists allegedly involved in arson and rioting accompanying the nearby George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon, were deliberately setting fires and were preparing to loot property that was being evacuated. Some residents refused to evacuate based on the rumors. Authorities urged residents to ignore the rumors and follow evacuation orders, noting that firefighters' lives could be endangered rescuing those who remained.[235] QAnon followers participated in spreading the rumors, with one claim that six antifa activists had been arrested for setting fires specifically amplified by "Q", the anonymous person or people behind QAnon.[236][237]

False rumors also circulated that members of far-right groups such as the Proud Boys had started some of the fires. However, authorities labelled the claims as false, saying that people needed to question claims they found on social media.[238]

There have been a number of arrests for arson surrounding the wildfires, but there is no indication that the incidents were connected to a mass arson campaign, according to multiple law enforcement officers.[239][240][241] For example, a man allegedly set fires in Glide, Oregon, after a Douglas Forest Protection Association member refused to give him a ride to town.[241]

COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges for firefighters fighting wildfires due to measures intended to reduce the transmission of the disease. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) implemented new protocols such as wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing while resting, and reducing the number of occupants in the pickup trucks used to transport firefighters.[242]

California relies heavily on inmate firefighters, with incarcerated people making up nearly a quarter of CAL FIRE's total workforce in 2018–2019.[243] Coronavirus measures within the prison system, such as early release and quarantine policies, have reduced the number of inmate firefighters available, necessitating the hiring of additional seasonal firefighters.[244]

Impacts

Fire

In Oregon, wildfires throughout the whole year, with most occurring in September, charred a record of Шаблон:Convert, destroying a total of 4,800 structures, including 1,145 homes, and killing 9 people. The towns of Phoenix and Talent were mostly destroyed in the Almeda fire on September 8.[245] In Washington, 2020 wildfires burned Шаблон:Convert, with 418 structures, including 195 homes, burned. In California, about Шаблон:Convert burned from wildfires in 2020, the highest burned acreage ever recorded in a fire season. About Шаблон:Convert burned in the August lighting wildfires and Шаблон:Convert more in September.[246] 4,200 structures were destroyed the whole year in California, and 25 people were killed.[247]

Smoke and air pollution

The fires resulted in worsened air pollution across much of the western U.S. and Canada, from Los Angeles to British Columbia. Alaska Airlines suspended its flights from Portland, Oregon, and Spokane, Washington, due to poor air quality.[248] Some cities in Oregon recorded air quality readings of over 500 on the AQI scale, while readings of over 200 were recorded in major cities.[249] Smoke from the fires were carried to the East Coast and Europe, causing yellowed skies but having little impact on air quality.[250]

The heavy smoke had resulted in several smoke-related incidents. In California, for example, a San Francisco resident was hiking through Yosemite National Park on September 5 when suddenly the sky turned a dark, ugly color and the temperature dropped greatly, reminiscent of a thunderstorm. Ash and smoke started falling, and this erratic weather was caused by the nearby Creek Fire.[251] In another incident, on September 14, an Oakland A's player was at a game at the Seattle Mariners' stadium, when suddenly in the middle of the game he started gasping for air.[252]

It is estimated that as many as 1,200 to 3,000 indirect deaths have been caused by the adverse effects of smoke inhalation.[253]

Red skies appeared over many cities over the West Coast, including on Orange Skies Day, due to smoke from the wildfires blocking lighter colors, created from light infraction.[254] Due to the complex oxidative chemistry occurring during the transport of wildfire smoke in the atmosphere,[255] the toxicity of emissions was suggested to increase over time.[256][257]

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Ecological effects

The unique sagebrush scrub habitat of the Columbia Basin in Washington was heavily affected by the fires, devastating populations of the endemic Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit and endangered, isolated populations of greater sage-grouse and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse. About half of the pygmy rabbit population and over 30-70% of the grouse population may have been lost to the fires, reversing decades of conservation work. Aside from climate change, the spread of the fires may have been assisted by the intrusion of invasive cheatgrass into the habitats. Fires in old-growth forests of Oregon may negatively affect the populations of the endangered northern spotted owl and pine marten, and the resulting ash from the fires may be washed into streams and threaten endangered salmon.[258][259] Climate change also reduces the likelihood of forests re-establishing themselves after a fire.[260]

The Cassia Crossbill may lose half its population due to the pending consequences of the wildfires, one of which engulfed a large portion of the South Hills, one of the only two strongholds for the bird.[261]

See also

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Other wildfires

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References

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External links

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