Climatologists had predicted an extreme version of El Niño, known as a Super El Niño, to occur during the winter of 2015–16. Although the Pacific Ocean’s warming water had been expected to bring strong storms to parts of the southwestern United States, actual precipitation totals generally underperformed those expectations.[4] Early in 2016, The National Interagency Fire Center predicted that conditions from May through at least August would put much of the western United States in above-normal wildfire danger.[5]
In June, the United States Forest Service estimated that over 26 million trees had died across 760,000 acres (310,000 ha) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This brought the number of dead trees to over 66 million during the past four years of drought.[6]
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (400 ha) during the 2016 California wildfire season, as well as the fires that caused significant damage.[8] The information is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires, and other sources where indicated.
On Thursday, May 5, 2016, shortly before 3 P.M. PDT, a small brush fire ignited off the 15000 block of Dove Creek Road, in a creek bed, in 4S Ranch, San Diego County.[43][44] As the fire began spreading eastward, students and staff at the nearby Oak Valley Middle School were ordered to stay indoors, though parents were allowed to pick up their children.[44][45] However, as the fire continued to spread, evacuation orders were issued for some homes along Palomino Valley Road and Oak Valley Middle School, with the students from Oak Valley Middle School being relocated by bus to Westview High School.[43] The sudden change caused some confusion and chaos among parents attempting to pick up their children, and drew criticism towards the last-minute evacuation plan.[45] The brush fire quickly grew to 5 acres (0.020 km2), but within a couple of hours, the fire was contained and further growth was stopped.[46] At 4:34 PM PDT, the evacuation orders for the homes on Palomino Valley Road were lifted, as the fire was brought to 90% containment.[43] Just before 5:30 PM PDT, the brush fire was fully extinguished, and Rancho Santa Fe fire officials declared 100% containment of the fire. The fire did not cause any injuries or structural damage.[46] The brush fire was determined to have been accidentally caused by sparks coming from a welder.[44]
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Deer Fire redirects here For the 2020 California wildfire see SCU Lightning Complex fires Sawmill Fire redirects here For the 2017 Arizona wildfire see Sawmill Fire 2017 In 2016 a total of 7 349 fires had burned an area 669 534 acres 2 709 51 km2 in California according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection 1 2 2016 California wildfiresA Skycrane makes a drop on the Sherpa Fire in June Statistics 1 Total fires7 349Total area669 534 acres 2 709 51 km2 2 Cost gt 480 3 million 2016 USD 3 2 Deaths6 civilians killed 2 firefighters killed 2 Non fatal injuriesUnknownSeason 2015 2017 Climatologists had predicted an extreme version of El Nino known as a Super El Nino to occur during the winter of 2015 16 Although the Pacific Ocean s warming water had been expected to bring strong storms to parts of the southwestern United States actual precipitation totals generally underperformed those expectations 4 Early in 2016 The National Interagency Fire Center predicted that conditions from May through at least August would put much of the western United States in above normal wildfire danger 5 Contents 1 Events 2 Fires 3 4S Ranch brush fire 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEvents editIn June the United States Forest Service estimated that over 26 million trees had died across 760 000 acres 310 000 ha in the Sierra Nevada Mountains This brought the number of dead trees to over 66 million during the past four years of drought 6 On August 15 the National Interagency Fire Center showed the state leading the nation in the quantity size and intensity of wildfires 6 A day later on August 16 San Bernardino County announced that nearly 85 000 people were evacuated because of the Blue Cut Fire near Cajon Pass 7 Authorities arrested a 40 year old man in connection to the Clayton Fire and charged him with 17 counts of arson 6 Fires editBelow is a list of all fires that exceeded 1 000 acres 400 ha during the 2016 California wildfire season as well as the fires that caused significant damage 8 The information is taken from CAL FIRE s list of large fires and other sources where indicated Name County Acres Start Date Containment Date Notes RefRoberts San Luis Obispo 3 712 May 18 2016 May 20 2016 9 Metz Monterey 3 876 May 22 2016 May 25 2016 10 Coleman Monterey 2 520 June 4 2016 June 17 2016 11 Pony Siskiyou 2 860 June 7 2016 June 30 2016 12 Sherpa Santa Barbara 7 474 June 15 2016 July 12 2016 13 Border San Diego 7 609 June 19 2016 June 30 2016 2 fatalities 5 homes and 11 outbuildings destroyed 14 Pine Ventura 2 304 June 19 2016 July 17 2016 15 San Gabriel Complex Los Angeles 5 399 June 20 2016 July 23 2016 Reservoir Fire burned 1 146 acres Fish Fire burned 4 253 acres 16 Erskine Kern 48 019 June 23 2016 July 12 2016 2 fatalities 285 homes destroyed 12 damaged 17 Trailhead Placer 5 646 June 28 2016 July 18 2016 18 Deer Kern 1 785 July 1 2016 July 11 2016 19 Curry Fresno 2 944 July 1 2016 July 5 2016 20 Sage Los Angeles 1 109 July 9 2016 July 16 2016 21 Roblar San Diego 1 245 July 21 2016 July 30 2016 22 Sand Los Angeles 41 432 July 22 2016 August 3 2016 2 fatalities 18 homes destroyed 4 damaged 23 24 Soberanes Monterey 132 100 July 22 2016 October 12 2016 1 fatality 3 injuries 57 homes and 11 outbuildings destroyed 25 Goose Fresno 2 241 July 30 2016 August 9 2016 4 homes 5 outbuildings destroyed 26 Cold Yolo 5 731 August 2 2016 August 12 2016 2 outbuildings destroyed 27 Pilot San Bernardino 8 110 August 7 2016 August 16 2016 28 Mineral Fresno 7 050 August 9 2016 August 18 2016 2 structures destroyed 29 Chimney San Luis Obispo 46 344 August 13 2016 September 6 2016 48 structures destroyed 30 Clayton Lake 3 929 August 13 2016 August 26 2016 300 buildings destroyed 31 Blue Cut San Bernardino 36 274 August 16 2016 August 23 2016 105 homes 213 outbuildings destroyed 32 Cedar Kern 29 322 August 16 2016 September 30 2016 33 Rey Santa Barbara 32 606 August 18 2016 September 16 2016 34 Gap Siskiyou 33 867 August 27 2016 September 17 2016 35 Bogart Riverside 1 470 August 30 2016 September 2 2016 1 outbuilding destroyed 36 Willard Lassen 2 575 September 11 2016 September 22 2016 5 structures destroyed 37 Owens River Mono 5 443 September 17 2016 October 15 2016 38 Canyon Santa Barbara 12 518 September 17 2016 September 24 2016 1 firefighter killed in crash 39 Sawmill Sonoma 1 547 September 25 2016 September 29 2016 40 Marshes Tuolumne 1 080 September 26 2016 October 4 2016 41 Loma Santa Clara 4 474 September 26 2016 October 12 2016 28 structures destroyed 42 4S Ranch brush fire editOn Thursday May 5 2016 shortly before 3 P M PDT a small brush fire ignited off the 15000 block of Dove Creek Road in a creek bed in 4S Ranch San Diego County 43 44 As the fire began spreading eastward students and staff at the nearby Oak Valley Middle School were ordered to stay indoors though parents were allowed to pick up their children 44 45 However as the fire continued to spread evacuation orders were issued for some homes along Palomino Valley Road and Oak Valley Middle School with the students from Oak Valley Middle School being relocated by bus to Westview High School 43 The sudden change caused some confusion and chaos among parents attempting to pick up their children and drew criticism towards the last minute evacuation plan 45 The brush fire quickly grew to 5 acres 0 020 km2 but within a couple of hours the fire was contained and further growth was stopped 46 At 4 34 PM PDT the evacuation orders for the homes on Palomino Valley Road were lifted as the fire was brought to 90 containment 43 Just before 5 30 PM PDT the brush fire was fully extinguished and Rancho Santa Fe fire officials declared 100 containment of the fire The fire did not cause any injuries or structural damage 46 The brush fire was determined to have been accidentally caused by sparks coming from a welder 44 See also editList of California wildfires 2005 Labor Day brush fire 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire 2014 California wildfires May 2014 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