2020 was a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Over the course of the year, 8,648 fires burned 4,304,379 acres (1,741,920 ha), more than four percent of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire...
This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of California. California often has dry, windy, and hot weather from spring through late autumn, which can foment moderate to severe wildfires. Pre-1800, when the state was more...
A series of 650 wildfires ignited across Northern California in mid-August 2020, due to a siege of dry lightning from rare, massive summer thunderstorms, which were caused by an unusual combination of very hot, dry air at the surface, dry fuels, and...
The 2020 wildfire season involved wildfires on multiple continents. Below is a partial list of articles on wildfires from around the world in the year 2020.
The 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in the world. It was also the largest on record at the time, now third after the 2020 and 2021 California wildfire seasons. In 2018, there were a total of 103 confirmed...
In terms of property damage, 2017 was the most destructive wildfire season on record in California at the time, surpassed by only the 2018 season and the 2020 season, with a total of 9,560 fires burning 1,548,429 acres (6,266.27 km2) of land,...
The 2008 wildfire season was one of California's most devastating in the 21st century. While 6,255 fires occurred, about two-thirds as many as in 2007, the total area burned— 1,593,690 acres (6,449.4 square kilometres)—far exceeded that of previous...
From January 7 to 31, 2025, 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the...
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....
By the end of the year, a total of 7,477 wildfires had been recorded throughout the U.S. state of California, totaling approximately 331,358 acres (134,096 hectares) across the state. Wildfires killed nine people in California in 2022, destroyed 772...
