2011 California wildfires explained

2011 California wildfires
Reference:	^[1]
Total Fires:	7,989
Cost:	>$138.2 million (2011 USD)^[2]
Total Area:	168545acres
Injuries:	None reported
Fatalities:	None reported
Is Season:	yes
Year:	2011
Season Name:	California wildfires

The 2011 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2011. In total, there were 7,989 fires that burned 168545acres of land.

Fires

Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1000acres during the 2011 fire season.^[3] The list is, and all data herein, is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires, except where otherwise cited.

Name	County	Acres	Km	Start Date	Contained Date
Cove	Kern	11221NaN1	May 27, 2011	May 31, 2011
Cougar	Modoc	20001NaN1	June 8, 2011	June 13, 2011
Antelope	Kern	52001NaN1	June 19, 2011	June 21, 2011	2 structures destroyed
Quinn	Kern	31541NaN1	June 21, 2011	June 22, 2011
Stage	Tulare	12131NaN1	June 27, 2011	July 2, 2011
Lion	Tulare	205001NaN1	July 8, 2011	October 10, 2011
Scorpion Complex	Modoc	29451NaN1	July 15, 2011	July 18, 2011
Eagle	San Diego	141001NaN1	July 21, 2011	July 29, 2011
Annie	Modoc	20761NaN1	August 18, 2011	August 21, 2011
Motor	Mariposa	52311NaN1	August 25, 2011	September 4, 2011
Wells	San Bernardino	17231NaN1	August 28, 2011	August 31, 2011
Hill	San Bernardino	11351NaN1	September 2, 2011	September 2, 2011	3 structures destroyed
Soda	San Luis Obispo	15281NaN1	September 3, 2011	September 4, 2011	1 structures destroyed
Canyon	Kern	145851NaN1	September 4, 2011	September 11, 2011	100 structures destroyed
Milton	San Joaquin	11221NaN1	September 9, 2011	September 11, 2011
Keene Complex	Kern	25771NaN1	September 10, 2011	September 14, 2011
Comanche Complex	Kern	293381NaN1	September 10, 2011	September 14, 2011	Originated as 4 separate fires.^[4]
Breckenridge Complex	Kern	252131NaN1	September 10, 2011	September 17, 2011
John	Inyo	53001NaN1	September 13, 2011	September 16, 2011
Tamarack	Mariposa	10111NaN1	September 13, 2011	October 17, 2011
65 Fire	Kern	20051NaN1	September 23, 2011	September 23, 2011
Ruth	Trinity	14601NaN1	September 23, 2011	September 28, 2011	31 structures destroyed
Buckeye	Mono	11401NaN1	September 25, 2011	September 27, 2011
Great	San Diego	21351NaN1	October 1, 2011	October 7, 2011

Notes and References

Web site: National Report of Wildland Fires and Acres Burned by State 2011. National Interagency Fire Center. 26 August 2015. 13 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180913121251/https://www.predictiveservices.nifc.gov/intelligence/2011_statssumm/fires_acres.pdf. dead.
Web site: CAL FIRE 2011 Wildland Fire Summary. CalFire. April 2012. December 11, 2017. December 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171208203321/http://calfire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/2011Summary_web.pdf. dead.
Web site: Large Fires 2011. CAL FIRE. 21 August 2015. 24 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160824154833/http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/cdf/images/incidentstatsevents_214.pdf. dead.
Web site: Comanche Fire Complex. CAL FIRE. 31 August 2015. 24 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224212513/http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=586. dead.