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CAL FIRE top 20 California wildfires by acreage, 2 October 2024

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Compare the two published measuresCAL FIRE top 20 California wildfires by acreage, 2 October 2024

California acreage

Scale · 0 acres to 1,032,648 acres

  • August Complex1,032,648 acres
  • Dixie963,309 acres
  • Mendocino Complex459,123 acres
  • Park Fire429,603 acres
  • SCU Lightning Complex396,625 acres
  • Creek379,895 acres
  • LNU Lightning Complex363,220 acres
  • North Complex318,935 acres
  • Thomas281,893 acres
  • Cedar273,246 acres

Both measures use the same set of selected records. The table contains the full dataset.

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CAL FIRE top 20 California wildfires by acreage, 2 October 2024

A dated transcription of CAL FIRE’s 2 October 2024 table. The Rush Fire row uses California acreage and leaves Nevada’s 43,666 acres outside the ranking measure.

20 records
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1August ComplexAugust 20201,032,6489351Source 1
2DixieJuly 2021963,3091,3111Source 1
3Mendocino ComplexJuly 2018459,1232801Source 1
4Park FireJuly 2024429,6037090Source 1
5SCU Lightning ComplexAugust 2020396,6252250Source 1
6CreekSeptember 2020379,8958580Source 1
7LNU Lightning ComplexAugust 2020363,2201,4916Source 1
8North ComplexAugust 2020318,9352,35215Source 1
9ThomasDecember 2017281,8931,0602Source 1
10CedarOctober 2003273,2462,82015Source 1
11RushAugust 2012271,91100Source 1
12RimAugust 2013257,3141120Source 1
13ZacaJuly 2007240,20710Source 1
14CarrJuly 2018229,6511,6148Source 1
15MonumentAugust 2021223,124280Source 1
16CaldorAugust 2021221,8351,0051Source 1
17MatilijaSeptember 1932220,00000Source 1
18River ComplexJuly 2021199,3591220Source 1
19WitchOctober 2007197,9901,6502Source 1
20Klamath Theater ComplexJune 2008192,03802Source 1

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