2003 California wildfires - Wikipedia
During 2003, 9,116 wildfires [4] burned 1,020,460 acres (4,129.7 km 2) across the US state of California. [1] [2] In October, a major wildfire outbreak in Southern California burned more than 750,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed two dozen people. [8] Many of the victims were killed in their cars while trying to flee. [9] [10]
Cedar Fire - Wikipedia
The Cedar Fire was a massive, highly-destructive wildfire, which burned 273,246 acres (1,106 km 2) of land in San Diego County, California, during October and November 2003. [2] [3] The fire's rapid growth was driven by the Santa Ana winds, causing the fire to spread at a rate of 3,600 acres (15 km 2) per hour. [2]
October 2003 Wildfires Report | National Centers for …
Numerous fatalities and over 3500 structures were destroyed in the fires, several of which continued to burn at the end of the month. Dry conditions, Santa Ana winds and large amounts of available fuel (eg. dead and dormant vegetation) combined …
Annual 2003 Wildfires Report | National Centers for …
Santa Ana wind-driven fire activity developed in California in October. Over 750,000 acres were destroyed in 15 large fires in southern California. Over 3,500 homes were also burned and over 1,100 other buildings comsumed in the California fires.
The Cedar Fire - 2003 - ArcGIS StoryMaps
Dec 18, 2020 · "Around midnight, strong northeasterly Santa Ana winds, typical during autumn in Southern California, fanned the fire into a raging inferno." (Weisenburg) At 11:22 p.m., authorities issued a voluntary evacuation for those in the San Diego Country Estates area.
wildfires across southern California in late October and early November 2003. These fires killed 22 people, destroyed 3,600 homes, blackened nearly 740,000 acres, and will end up as one of the more costly natural disasters in California history, according to then Governor Gray Davis.
The 2003 and 2007 wildfires in southern California
Beginning on 21 October, a series of fourteen wildfires broke out across the five-county region under severe Santa Ana winds, and within two weeks, more than 300,000 ha had burned (Keeley et al., 2004).
NASA SVS | Southern California Fires, Oct 26, 2003
Oct 27, 2003 · Several massive wildfires were raging across southern California over the weekend of October 25, 2003. Whipped by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that blow toward the coast from interior deserts, at least one fire grew 10,000 acres in just 6 hours.
Southern California Fires, Oct 26, 2003 (Western View of Smoke)
Oct 27, 2003 · Several massive wildfires were raging across southern California over the weekend of October 25, 2003. Whipped by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that blow toward the coast from interior deserts, at least one fire grew 10,000 acres in just six hours.
The Southern California fires of late Oct. 2003 burned 742,000 ac and destroyed 3,361 homes and 26 lives. Factors leading up to this event were very different between forests, which com-prised about 5% of the area burned, and shrublands. Three lessons are (1) although these