During 2002, 8,328
wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a ...
s
burned of land in the
US state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
California
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 ...
.
List of wildfires
Below is a list of fires that exceeded or caused a notable amount of damage during the 2002 fire season.
The list is taken from
CAL FIRE
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, colloquially known as CAL FIRE, is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various are ...
's list of large fires.
Gallery of maps
File:2002 Wolf Fire map.png, Wolf Fire
File:2002 Copper Fire map.png, Copper Fire
File:2002 Curve Fire map.png, Curve Fire
File:2002 Williams Fire map.png, Williams Fire
References
{{California wildfires
Wildfires 2002
California, 2002
2002
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