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2003 California Wildfires
During 2003, 9,116 wildfires burned across the US state of California. In October, a major wildfire outbreak in Southern California burned more than 750,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed two dozen people. Many of the victims were killed in their cars while trying to flee.USDA
"The 2003 San Diego County Fire Siege Fire safety Review"; Forest Service; 2003.


Fires

Below is a list of fires that exceeded during the 2003 fire season. The list is taken from

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Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County () is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 136,463. The county seat is Eureka, California, Eureka. Humboldt County comprises the Eureka–Arcata, California, Arcata–Fortuna, California, Fortuna, California, Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located on the far North Coast (California), North Coast of California, about north of San Francisco. It has among the most diverse climates of United States counties, with very mild coastal summers and hot interior days. Similar to the greater region, summers are extremely dry and winters have substantial rainfall. Its primary population centers of Eureka, the site of College of the Redwoods main campus, and the smaller college town of Arcata, California, Arcata, site of California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, are located adjacent to Humboldt Bay, California's second largest natural bay. Area cities and ...
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California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ...
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2003 California Wildfires
During 2003, 9,116 wildfires burned across the US state of California. In October, a major wildfire outbreak in Southern California burned more than 750,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed two dozen people. Many of the victims were killed in their cars while trying to flee.USDA
"The 2003 San Diego County Fire Siege Fire safety Review"; Forest Service; 2003.


Fires

Below is a list of fires that exceeded during the 2003 fire season. The list is taken from

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Shasta County, California
Shasta County (), officially the County of Shasta, is a County (United States), county located in the Northern California, northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population is 182,155 as of the 2020 census, up from 177,223 from the 2010 census. The county seat is Redding, California, Redding. The county borders Modoc County, California, Modoc County, Lassen County, California, Lassen County, Siskiyou County, California, Siskiyou County, Plumas County, California, Plumas County, Tehama County, California, Tehama County and Trinity County, California, Trinity County. Shasta County comprises the Redding, California metropolitan statistical area. The county occupies the northern reaches of the Sacramento Valley, with portions extending into the southern reaches of the Cascade Range. Points of interest in Shasta County include Shasta Lake, Lassen Peak, and the Sundial Bridge. Mount Shasta is in adjacent Siskiyou County to the north. History Shasta County was one of t ...
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Paradise Fire (2003)
Paradise Fire may refer to: * Paradise Fire (2003), a 2003 California wildfire that burned in San Diego County, California between October and November 2003 * Paradise Fire (2005), a 2005 California wildfire that burned in San Bernardino County, California in June 2005 * Paradise Fire (2008), a 2008 California wildfire that burned in Humboldt County, California in 2008 * Paradise Fire (2015), a 2015 Washington wildfire that burned in Olympic National Park, Washington in 2015 * Paradise Fire (2017), a fire that merged into the High Cascades Complex fires in Oregon in August 2017 * Paradise Fire (2018), another name for the Camp Fire (2018) The 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California's Butte County, California, Butte County was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. The fire began on the morning of Thursday, November 8, 2018, when part of a poorly mainta ...
in Butte County, California * Paradise Fire (2021), a fire in north-central Kansas, t ...
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Mountain Fire (2003)
Mountain Fire may refer to: * Mountain Fire (2013) in Riverside County, California * Mountain Fire (2019) in Shasta County, California * Mountain Fire (2024) in Ventura County, California {{disambig ...
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Otay Fire (2003)
Otay may refer to: Locations *Otay Centenario *Otay Mesa, San Diego *Otay Mesa Port of Entry *Otay Mesa West, San Diego *Otay Ranch High School *Otay Ranch Town Center *Otay River The Otay River () is a river in southern San Diego County, California. The river begins at San Miguel Mountain, flows through the Upper and Lower Otay Reservoirs, and continues on between the southern part of the Chula Vista and the Otay Mesa ... * Lower Otay Reservoir * Rancho Otay See also * Otey (other) {{disambig ...
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Old Fire
The Old Fire was a large complex wildfire that started on October 25, 2003 (the original Old Fire began on October 25), near Old Waterman Canyon Road and California State Route 18 in the San Bernardino Mountains, in San Bernardino County, Southern California, United States. The Old Fire caused at least $1.2 billion in damages. The Old Fire was one of 15 wildfires throughout Southern California that month, which became known as the "2003 Firestorm" and the "Fire Siege of 2003.""The Story-One Year Later: An After Action Review"
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Cedar Fire
The Cedar Fire was a massive, highly-destructive wildfire, which burned of land in San Diego County, California, during October and November 2003. The fire's rapid growth was driven by the Santa Ana winds, causing the fire to spread at a rate of per hour. By the time the fire was fully contained on November 4, it had destroyed 2,820 buildings (including 2,232 homes) and killed 15 people, including one firefighter. Hotspots continued to burn within the Cedar Fire's perimeter until December 5, 2003, when the fire was fully brought under control. The fire remains one of the largest wildfires in California history and, as of January 2022, the ninth-largest wildfire in the state's modern history. According to CALFIRE, it is also the sixth-deadliest and fourth-most destructive wildfire in state history, causing just over $1.3 billion in damages. In November 2018, the Camp Fire (2018) surpassed the Tubbs Fire (which had previously surpassed the 1991 Oakland Firestorm and the Ced ...
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Simi Fire
The Simi Fire was a devastating 2003 wildfire that burned of land in the Simi Hills and southeastern Simi Valley in eastern Ventura County and western Los Angeles County, in the U.S. state of California. The Simi Fire was one of multiple large, fast-moving, and destructive wildfires in Southern California in October 2003, in a fire siege that included the Cedar, Old, and Grand Prix fires. The Simi Fire resulted in no fatalities but did cause 21 injuries. The cause of the fire remains unknown. At its peak, the Simi Fire burned up to 10,000 acres an hour. It threatened the major foothill communities of Porter Ranch and Chatsworth after crossing from Ventura County into Los Angeles County. The fire threatened homes near Stevenson Ranch, though it burned none. It also forced the closure of the Golden State Freeway (Interstate 5) for more than 2.5 hours on October 29 as fire crews successfully worked to prevent it from jumping the freeway north of California State Route 14, near ...
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Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles and sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is the List of United States counties and county equivalents, most populous county in the United States, with 9,663,345 residents estimated in 2023. Its population is greater than that of 40 individual List of U.S. states and territories by population, U.S. states. Comprising List of cities in Los Angeles County, California, 88 incorporated cities and List of unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County, California, 101+ unincorporated areas within a total area of , it is home to more than a quarter of Demographics of California, Californians and is one of the most ethnically diverse U.S. counties. The County seat, county's seat, Los Angeles, is the List of United States cities by population, second most populous city in the United States, with 3,820,914 residents estimated in 2023. The county is the domicile of the Cinema of the United States, U.S. motion picture industry since ...
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