Current Year

Updated as of September 25, 2023*

CAL FIRE TOTAL INCIDENT RESPONSES: 2023 YTD

Wildland Fires Structure Fires Fire, Other Medical Hazmat Law Enforcement Public Service Total
5,601 3,312 36,025 306,485 13,287 2,693 47,964 414,644

CALIFORNIA TOTAL WILDLAND FIRE STATS YTD
Year-To-Date (YTD) is for current year, last year, and 5-year average, as of the "Updated" date indicated above.

INTERVAL WILDLAND FIRES ACRES
2023 Combined YTD (CALFIRE & US Forest Service) 5,601 275,058
2022 Combined YTD (CALFIRE & US Forest Service) 5,912 227,897
5-Year Average (same interval) 6,272 1,158,028

*Updated weekly from preliminary numbers from our dispatch system and the national Incident Management Situation Report. These numbers may change as we receive more accurate information and remove false alarms.

2022 Year in Review

A year of progress.
A year of successes.
A year of perseverance. 

Northern:

Unit Name Summer Preparedness Winter Preparedness
Amador-El Dorado June 26, 2023  
Mendocino June 5, 2023  
Santa Clara June 30, 2023  
Humboldt-Del Norte June 5, 2023  
San Mateo-Santa Cruz April 17, 2023  
Tehama-Glenn June 5, 2023  
Shasta-Trinity June 5, 2023  
Lassen-Modoc June 5, 2023  
Siskiyou June 5, 2023  
Butte June 26, 2023  
Nevada-Yuba-Placer May 26, 2023  
Sonoma-Lake-Napa June 26, 2023  

 

Southern:

Unit Name Summer Preparedness Winter Preparedness
Madera-Mariposa-Merced June 19, 2023  
San Diego June 26, 2023
San Luis Obispo June 26, 2023
Riverside June 26, 2023
Tulare July 12, 2023
San Benito-Monterey July 26, 2023
Fresno-Kings June 26, 2023  
Tuolumne-Calaveras June 19, 2023  
San Bernardino June 26, 2023

Redbooks have more details about wildfires by jurisdiction. Find large fires, causes of fires, and estimated financial loss due to fires by year.

California Incident Data and Statistics Program (CalStats)
CalStats@fire.ca.gov
(916) 568-3800

Media Contact

(916) 651-FIRE (3473)
CALFIRE.DutyPIO@fire.ca.gov

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