2022 Incident Archive

  • 554,344
    Total Emergency Responses
  • 7,477
    Wildfires
  • 331,358
    Acres Burned
  • 9

    Fatalities:
    9 Civilian / 0 Firefighter

  • 1,279

    Structures:
    333 Damaged / 946 Destroyed

Layers

2022 Incidents
Incident Counties Started Acres Containment
Mosquito Fire El Dorado, Placer 9/06/2022 76,788
100%
McKinney Fire Siskiyou 7/29/2022 60,138
100%
Fairview Fire Riverside 9/05/2022 28,098
100%
Oak Fire Placer 8/15/2022 19,244
100%
Oak Fire Mariposa 7/22/2022 19,244
100%
Mountain Fire Siskiyou 9/02/2022 13,440
100%
Lost Lake Fire Riverside 5/26/2022 5,856
100%
Barnes Fire Modoc 9/07/2022 5,843
100%
Route Fire Los Angeles 8/31/2022 5,208
100%
Washburn Fire Mariposa 7/07/2022 4,886
100%
Electra Fire Amador, Calaveras 7/04/2022 4,470
100%
Border 32 San Diego 8/31/2022 4,456
100%
Airport Fire Inyo 2/16/2022 4,136
100%
Mill Fire Siskiyou 9/02/2022 3,939
100%
Thunder Fire Kern 6/22/2022 2,500
100%
Summit Fire Tulare 8/03/2022 1,400
100%
Radford Fire San Bernardino 9/05/2022 1,079
100%
Rices Fire Nevada 6/28/2022 904
100%
Sheep Fire San Bernardino 6/12/2022 865
100%
Fork Fire Madera 9/07/2022 819
100%
Colorado Fire Monterey 1/21/2022 687
100%
Edmonston Fire Kern 5/19/2022 682
100%
River Fire Colusa 5/24/2022 595
100%
Rancho Fire Tehama 6/13/2022 593
100%
Border 13 Fire San Diego 6/13/2022 577
100%
Old Fire Napa 5/31/2022 570
100%
Tesla Fire Alameda 6/23/2022 552
100%
Plant Fire Kern 6/11/2022 517
100%
Heritage Fire San Bernardino 5/15/2022 500
100%
Elk Trail Fire San Bernardino 5/26/2022 431
100%
Agua Fire Mariposa 7/18/2022 421
100%
Camino Fire San Luis Obispo 6/28/2022 387
100%
Romero Fire Merced 6/23/2022 349
100%
Nelson Fire Butte 6/30/2022 328
100%
Wishon Fire Tulare 8/15/2022 325
100%
Burrows Fire Glenn 6/28/2022 317
100%
Peter Fire Shasta 7/14/2022 304
100%
Coyote Fire Siskiyou 9/07/2022 297
100%
Rail Fire Kern 8/14/2022 250
100%
Mesa Fire Kern 7/30/2022 222
100%
Coastal Fire Orange 5/11/2022 200
100%
Casner Fire San Diego 7/27/2022 174
100%
House Fire Fresno 5/11/2022 171
100%
Porter Fire Placer 7/09/2022 166
100%
Forward Fire Tehama 9/09/2022 160
100%
Marsh Fire Contra Costa 6/09/2022 159
100%
Emerald Fire Orange 2/10/2022 154
100%
East Fire Los Angeles 8/25/2022 150
100%
Sam Fire Los Angeles 8/10/2022 149
100%
Garrison Fire Monterey 7/04/2022 138
100%
Quail Fire Solano 5/21/2022 135
100%
Power Fire Fresno 9/06/2022 130
100%
Marmot Fire Tulare 8/02/2022 127
100%
Walker Fire Mendocino 9/01/2022 124
100%
Flynn Fire Alameda 7/19/2022 121
100%
Scenic Fire Contra Costa 6/23/2022 120
100%
Dunnigan Fire Yolo 5/20/2022 120
100%
Hollister Fire Santa Barbara 3/12/2022 120
100%
Herman Fire Solano 7/13/2022 115
100%
Gulch Fire Los Angeles 8/29/2022 113
100%
Redwood Fire Marin 6/27/2022 113
100%
Gulch Fire Siskiyou 3/12/2022 113
100%
Union Fire Riverside 6/25/2022 110
100%
Anzar Fire San Benito 7/21/2022 104
100%
Border 27 Fire San Diego 7/17/2022 100
100%
Graham Fire Tehama 6/10/2022 100
100%
Hesperia Fire San Bernardino 6/06/2022 95
100%
Range Fire Kern 6/03/2022 93
100%
Kirker Fire Contra Costa 6/24/2022 90
100%
Wilder Fire Tehama 5/24/2022 90
100%
Flanagan Fire Shasta 3/04/2022 88
100%
Kelsey Fire Siskiyou 7/30/2022 85
100%
Winding Fire Yuba 7/18/2022 82
100%
Grant Fire Sacramento 7/14/2022 74
100%
Tower Fire Calaveras 9/02/2022 73
100%
Brandie Fire Yuba 6/11/2022 72
100%
Canyon Fire Alameda 6/23/2022 71
100%
Border 16 San Diego 6/21/2022 70
100%
99 Fire Butte 6/22/2022 66
100%
Barrett Fire San Diego 6/12/2022 65
100%
Slate Fire Tuolumne 7/21/2022 64
100%
Meamber Fire Siskiyou 7/31/2022 63
100%
Roblar Fire Sonoma 6/27/2022 63
100%
Rainbow Fire Tehama 7/16/2022 60
100%
62 Fire Riverside 6/04/2022 60
100%
Pyrite Fire Riverside 5/06/2022 60
100%
Eden Fire Alameda 8/15/2022 58
100%
Pebble Fire Fresno 7/31/2022 55
100%
Park Fire Butte 6/09/2022 54
100%
Quail Fire Los Angeles 8/17/2022 53
100%
Table Fire Fresno 7/01/2022 52
100%
Springs Fire Tuolumne 8/03/2022 51
100%
Pleasant Fire Inyo 10/23/2022 50
100%
Caesar Fire San Diego 9/05/2022 50
100%
Dutch Fire Placer 9/13/2022 48
100%
Pleasant Fire Nevada 8/20/2022 48
100%
Bull Fire San Luis Obispo 5/24/2022 48
100%
Coyote Fire Riverside 5/15/2022 46
100%
Still Fire Nevada 8/27/2022 44
100%
Bell Fire Mendocino 7/17/2022 43
100%
Apple Fire Yuba 7/27/2022 39
100%
Riosa Fire Placer 7/17/2022 38
100%
Harbison San Diego 7/12/2022 37
100%
Eagle Fire San Luis Obispo 6/06/2022 36
100%
Owens Fire Mendocino 5/20/2022 36
100%
Branstetter Fire Shasta 9/01/2022 34
100%
Smokey Fire Siskiyou 8/04/2022 34
100%
Sandra Fire Butte 6/30/2022 34
100%
Shackleford Fire Siskiyou 7/30/2022 31
100%
97 Fire Siskiyou 9/27/2022 30
100%
Sandia Fire San Diego 9/04/2022 30
100%
Bay Fire Yuba 7/08/2022 30
100%
Jan-Dar Fire Butte 7/04/2022 30
100%
Garden Fire Placer 9/17/2022 29
100%
Highway Fire San Bernardino 7/29/2022 28
100%
Willow Fire Contra Costa 5/20/2022 28
100%
Ranch Fire Humboldt 8/29/2022 26
100%
Timm Fire Solano 6/23/2022 26
100%
McCovey Fire Humboldt 8/29/2022 25
100%
Poplar Fire Tulare 5/16/2022 25
100%
Woods Fire Tuolumne 9/01/2022 21
100%
Alpine Fire Sonoma 3/01/2022 21
100%
Cable Fire El Dorado 7/26/2022 20
100%
Nome Fire Mendocino 7/05/2022 20
100%
Edgewood Santa Cruz 6/21/2022 20
100%
Meadow Fire Mendocino 7/19/2022 17
100%
Rosa Fire San Luis Obispo 9/06/2022 16
100%
111 Fire Riverside 4/30/2022 15
100%
Point Fire Lake 8/20/2022 14
100%
3-8 Fire Lassen 8/08/2022 14
100%
Ridge Fire Siskiyou 6/26/2022 12
100%
Evergreen Fire Siskiyou 3/12/2022 12
100%
Hill Fire Placer 9/06/2022 11
100%
Platina Fire Shasta 4/27/2022 10
100%
Whitlow Fire Siskiyou 3/25/2022 10
100%
Howard Fire Ventura 10/08/2022 External Incident Link
Manzanita Fire San Bernardino 9/23/2022 External Incident Link
Irie Fire Tulare 9/21/2022 External Incident Link
Eliza Fire Siskiyou 9/08/2022 External Incident Link
Los Bueyes Monterey 8/16/2022 External Incident Link
S-2 Fire Modoc 8/10/2022 External Incident Link
Rodgers Fire Mariposa 8/08/2022 External Incident Link
Six Rivers (SRF) Lightning Complex Humboldt, Trinity 8/05/2022 External Incident Link
Red Fire Mariposa 8/04/2022 External Incident Link
Yeti and Alex Fire Siskiyou 7/29/2022 External Incident Link
Evan Hewes Imperial 6/29/2022 External Incident Link
Edward Fire Glenn 5/24/2022 External Incident Link
Valley Fire San Diego 4/13/2022 External Incident Link
Moonlight RX Plumas 4/09/2022 External Incident Link
72 Fire Riverside 3/26/2022 External Incident Link
Jim Fire Orange 3/02/2022 External Incident Link
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2022 Fire Year

While the number of fires in 2022 was only slightly below the 5-year average, the total acreage burned was well below the 5-year average; less than 400,000 acres burned in 2022 versus the 5-year average of 2,300,000+ acres.

Despite the 'quiet' year as measured in acreage, a number of significant wildfires burned in California in 2022; these include the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, which burned over 180 structures, the McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County, which caused 4 fatalities, and the Mosquito Fire in Placer and El Dorado counties, which was California's largest wildfire of the year.

Pictured: the McKinney Fire which started in the Klamath National Forest in July of 2022.

incidents by year