Table 2 Data sources for historical fires; FRAP is the State of California Fire and Resource Assessment Program fire history database; for other sources, see References
From: Large California wildfires: 2020 fires in historical context
Year | Decade total | Source total | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
1860 | 3 | 1 | USDA 1939: Kern Co |
1 | USDA 1939: San Luis Obispo Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Tulare Co | ||
1870 | 4 | 1 | Barrett 1935 |
1 | FRAP | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Fresno Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: San Diego Co | ||
1880 | 13 | 8 | Barrett 1935 |
1 | Keeley and Zedler 2009 | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Calaveras | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Colusa Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: San Bernardino Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Tehama Co | ||
1890 | 13 | 6 | Barrett 1935 |
1 | Cermak 2005 | ||
2 | USDA 1939: Calaveras Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Eldorado Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Los Angeles Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Tulare Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Tuolumne Co | ||
1900 | 11 | 2 | USDA 1939: Kern Co |
1 | USDA 1939: Marin Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Mendocino Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Monterey Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: San Bernardino Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Santa Cruz Co | ||
2 | USDA 1939: Sonoma Co | ||
2 | USDA 1939: Tuolumne Co | ||
1910 | 17 | 3 | Cermak 2005 |
5 | FRAP | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Amador Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Fresno Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Madera Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Monterey Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: San Bernardino Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Santa Cruz Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Tehama Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Ventura Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Yuba Co | ||
1920 | 71 | 6 | Cermak 2005 |
16 | FRAP | ||
1 | Greenlee and Moldenke 1982 | ||
1 | Morford 1984 | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Alameda Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Colusa Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Contra Costa Co | ||
3 | USDA 1939: Fresno Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Glenn Co | ||
4 | USDA 1939: Kern Co | ||
3 | USDA 1939: Lassen Co | ||
2 | USDA 1939: Los Angeles Co | ||
2 | USDA 1939: Madera Co | ||
2 | USDA 1939: Marin Co | ||
4 | USDA 1939: Mariposa Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Merced Co | ||
3 | USDA 1939: Monterey Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Napa Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Placer Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Riverside Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: San Benito Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: San Bernardino Co | ||
4 | USDA 1939: San Luis Obispo Co | ||
2 | USDA 1939: Santa Barbara Co | ||
2 | USDA 1939: Santa Clara Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Solano Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Stanislaus Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Tulare Co | ||
2 | USDA 1939: Tuolumne Co | ||
1 | USDA 1939: Yolo Co | ||
1930 | 12 | 9 | FRAP |
1 | Cermak 2005 | ||
2 | Greenlee and Moldenke 1982 | ||
1940 | 9 | 5 | Cermak 2005 |
4 | FRAP | ||
1950 | 12 | 12 | FRAP |
1960 | 14 | 14 | FRAP |
1970 | 18 | 18 | FRAP |
1980 | 22 | 22 | FRAP |
1990 | 26 | 26 | FRAP |
2000 | 62 | 62 | FRAP |
2010 | 56 | 56 | FRAP |
2020* | 16 | 16 | FRAP |
*based on a single year |