2010 California wildfires
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Background
The timing of "fire season" in California is variable, depending on the amount of prior winter and spring precipitation, the frequency and severity of weather such as heat waves and wind events, and moisture content in vegetation. Northern California typically sees wildfire activity between late spring and early fall, peaking in the summer with hotter and drier conditions. Occasional cold frontal passages can bring wind and lightning. The timing of fire season in Southern California is similar, peaking between late spring and fall. The severity and duration of peak activity in either part of the state is modulated in part by weather events: downslope/offshore wind events can lead to critical fire weather, while onshore flow and Pacific weather systems can bring conditions that hamper wildfire growth.[4][5]
List of wildfires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) during the 2010 fire season.[2] The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
| Name | County | Acres | Km2 | Start date | Contained Date[a] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton | San Luis Obispo | 2,044 | 8.3 | May 15, 2010 | May 17, 2010 | |
| McKinley | Riverside | 1,000 | 4.0 | May 20, 2010 | May 22, 2010 | |
| Robinson | Merced | 1,600 | 6.5 | June 11, 2010 | June 12, 2010 | |
| Aliso | San Diego | 3,225 | 13.1 | July 13, 2010 | July 13, 2010 | |
| Sand 2 | Kern | 1,254 | 5.1 | July 16, 2010 | July 22, 2010 | |
| Indian | Kern | 1,822 | 7.4 | July 18, 2010 | July 24, 2010 | |
| Mono | Mono | 1,205 | 4.9 | July 26, 2010 | July 29, 2010 | |
| Bull | Kern | 16,442 | 66.5 | July 26, 2010 | August 10, 2010 | 14 structures destroyed |
| McDonald | Lassen | 9,408 | 38.1 | July 27, 2010 | August 10, 2010 | |
| West | Kern | 1,650 | 6.7 | July 27, 2010 | August 6, 2010 | 50 structures destroyed |
| Crown | Los Angeles | 13,918 | 56.3 | July 29, 2010 | August 3, 2010 | 10 structures destroyed |
| Bar | Plumas | 1,040 | 4.2 | July 31, 2010 | August 10, 2010 | |
| Pozo | San Luis Obispo | 1,200 | 4.9 | August 21, 2010 | August 22, 2010 | |
| Post | Kern | 1,312 | 5.3 | August 25, 2010 | August 28, 2010 | |
| Bullard | Yuba | 1,307 | 5.3 | August 27, 2010 | August 31, 2010 | |
| Bullards | Nevada | 1,500 | 6.1 | August 27, 2010 | September 13, 2010 | |
| Canyon | Kern | 9,820 | 39.7 | September 12, 2010 | September 19, 2010 | 1 structure destroyed |
Notes
- Containment means that fire crews have established and secured control lines around the fire's perimeter. These lines are artificial barriers, like trenches or cleared vegetation, designed to stop the fire's spread, or natural barriers like rivers. Containment reflects progress in managing the fire but does not necessarily mean the fire is starved of fuel, under control, or put out.[6]
