- **CAL FIRE Incidents** Willow Fire, Yuba County (more info…) Willow Glen Road, Dobbins *1,300 acres, 15% contained *Evacuations in progress
- LNU Lightning Complex, multiple North Bay counties (more info…) Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Colusa, Solano, and Yolo Counties *363,220 acres, 94% contained *Hennessey (merged fires) 305,651 acres, 94% contained *Wallbridge 55,209 acres, 95% contained *1,491 structures destroyed *Evacuations in place *CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 2 in command
- SCU Lightning Complex, multiple Easy Bay counties (more info…Oak Fire, Mendocino County (more info…)
North of Willits
*863 acres, 25% contained
*Evacuations in place) Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus Counties *396,624 acres, 97% contained *20 fires in the complex, several have merged together *Evacuations and road closures in place *224 structures destroyed *CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 6 command - CZU August Lightning Complex, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties (more info…) *86,509 acres, 84% contained *Multiple fires *Evacuations and road closures in place *1,490 structures destroyed *CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 3 command
- Schoolhouse, Siskiyou County (more info…) NEW Schoolhouse Gap Road, north of Fort Jones *45 acres, grass and brush, 30% contained *Forward spread stopped
- **Unified Command Incidents**
- North Complex, Plumas County (more info…) Southwest of Susanville (Plumas National Forest) *247,358 acres, 23% contained *Evacuations in place *Includes the Bear and Claremont Fire *CAL FIRE Team 4 is now in unified command with US Forest Service IMT Team 4
- Creek Fire, Fresno County (more info…) Northeast of Shaver Lake (Sierra National Forest) *175,893 acres, 0% contained *Evacuations in effect *Heavy tree mortality in the area *CAL FIRE and US Forest Service in unified command *CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 1 *Great Basin Team 1
- Valley Fire, San Diego County (more info…) Near Alpine (Cleveland National Forest) *17,665 acres, 32% contained *Evacuations in effect *CAIIMT 15 in command *CAL FIRE and US Forest Service in unified command
- El Dorado Fire, San Bernardino County (more info…) West of Oak Glen (San Bernardino National Forest) *12,610 acres, 23% contained *Evacuations in place *California Interagency Incident Management Team 11 in unified command with CAL FIRE, Yucaipa Fire Department and San Bernardino County Fire Department
- Butte/Tehama/Glenn (BTU/TGU) Lightning Complex, multiple Counties (more info…) Butte, Tehama and Glenn Counties *19,609 acres, 95% contained *Includes multiple other smaller fires *Decrease in acres as Elkhorn was removed from the Complex and made its own fire. *16 structures destroyed *CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 4 in command
- **Federal Incidents**
- Devil Fire, Siskiyou County NEW Klamath National Forest *100 acres, 0% contained Elkhorn Fire, multiple counties (more…) REMOVED FROM BTU/TGU COMPLEX Trinity, Tehama and Humboldt Counties West of Red Bluff (Shasta Trinity National Forest) *255,309 acres, 27% contained *Evacuations in progress
- Fork Fire, El Dorado County, (more info…) 15 miles northeast of Pollock Pines (El Dorado National Forest) *2,500 acres, 0% contained *Evacuation orders remain in place
- Slater Fire, Siskiyou County, (more info…) 5 miles North of Happy Camp (Klamath National Forest) *120,000 acres, timber, 0% contained *Evacuations orders in place
- Bobcat Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…) North of Duarte Angeles National Forest *23,890 acres, 0% containment *Evacuations in progress *EA Silver Team command Lake Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…) Southwest of Lake Hughes Angeles National Forest / Los Angeles County Fire Department * 31,089 acres, 96% contained
- August Complex, Tehama County (more info…) Elk Creek and Stonyford area (Mendocino National Forest) *471,185 acres 24% contained *Includes multiple fires including the Doe Fire
- Dolan Fire, Monterey County (more info…) Hwy 1, 10 miles south of Big Sur (Los Padres National Forest) *94,034 acres, 26% contained *Structures threatened *Type 1 NW Team 2 (Allen) in command
- Apple Fire, Riverside County (more info…) Oak Glen/Cherry Valley (San Bernardino National Forest) *33,424 acres, 95% contained
- Red Salmon Complex – Humboldt County (more info…) 14 miles northeast of Willow Creek (Shasta-Trinity National Forest) *71,610 acres, 18% contained
- SQF Complex, Tulare County (more info…) 25 miles north of Kernville (Sequoia National Forest) *67,529 acres, 12% contained *Castle and Shotgun Fires merged into this complex
- W-5 Cold Springs, Lassen County (more info…) 11 miles east of Madeline (Bureau of Land Management – Northern CA District) *84,817 acres, 98% containment
- Blue Jay Fire, Mariposa County (more info…) Yosemite National Park Wilderness *2,100 acres, 15% contained
- Wolf Fire, Tuolumne County (more info…) Yosemite National Park Wilderness *634 acres, 0% contained
- Woodward Fire, Marin County (more info…) 3 miles southwest of Olema (Point Reyes National Seashore) *4,905 acres, 95% contained
- Slink Fire, Mono County (more info…) 2 miles west of Coleville (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest) *22,474 acres, 36% contained
- Hobo, Vegetation Fire, Trinity County (more info…) FINAL North of Helena (Shasta Trinity National Forest) *413 acres, 100% contained
- Moraine, Tulare County (more info…) Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness *575 acres, 70% contained
- Rattlesnake, Tulare County (more info…) Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness *1,194 acres, 0% contained
- Top 20 Wildfire Records
- 6 of the Top 20 largest wildfires in California History have occurred in 2020.
- Largest Wildfires– #1 August Complex, #3 SCU Lightning Complex, #4 LNU Lightning Complex, #9 Elkhorn Fire, #10 North Complex, and #17 Creek Fire.
- Most Destructive– #9 LNU Lightning Complex and #10 CZU August Lightning Complex
- Deadliest Wildfires– #19 LNU Lightning Complex
Photos: Reuters