California Disasters Upcoming Events
2017 Helena Fire Anniversary
When:
Friday, 30 August 2019
Where:
Trinity Alps Wilderness - Trinity County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Helena Fire was a wildfire that burned in Trinity Alps Wilderness and west of the town of Weaverville, Trinity County, California in the United States. The fire had burned 21,846 acres (88 km2), and destroyed 72 homes. The fire merged with the nearby Fork Fire (3,484 acres (14 km2)). The Helena Fire was fully extinguished on November 15, after reaching 21,846 acres (88 km2). The cause of the fire was a tree falling into a power line. The fire threatened the communities of Weaverville and Junction City and impacting recreational activities in the area.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Fire
1986 Aeroméxico 498 Crash Anniversary
When:
Saturday, 31 August 2019
Where:
Cerritos - Los Angeles County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The 1986 Cerritos midair collision was a plane crash that occurred in southern California over the Los Angeles suburb of Cerritos on Sunday, August 31, 1986. Aeroméxico Flight 498, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, was clipped in the tail section by N4891F, a Piper PA-28-181 Archer owned by the Kramer family, while descending into Los Angeles International Airport, killing all 67 on both aircraft and an additional fifteen on the ground. Eight on the ground also sustained minor injuries from the midday crash.
Blame was allocated equally between the Federal Aviation Administration and the pilot of the Piper. No fault was found with the DC-9 or the actions of its crew.
On Sunday, August 31, 1986 at about 11:46 am PDT, Flight 498 began its descent into Los Angeles with 58 passengers and six crew members on board. At 11:52 am, the Piper's engine collided with the left horizontal stabilizer of the DC-9, shearing off the top of the Piper's cockpit and decapitating Kramer and both of his passengers. The heavily damaged Piper fell onto an empty playground at Cerritos Elementary School.
The DC-9, with all of its horizontal stabilizer and most of its vertical stabilizer torn off, inverted and immediately entered a dive. It slammed into a residential neighborhood at Holmes Avenue and Reva Circle in Cerritos, crashing into the backyard of a house at 13426 Ashworth Place, exploding on impact. The explosion scattered the DC-9's wreckage across Holmes Avenue and onto Carmenita Road, destroying four other houses and damaging seven more. All 64 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 were killed, and fifteen people on the ground; a fire added to the damage.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Cerritos_mid-air_collision
2002 Curve Fire Anniversary
When:
Sunday, 1 September 2019
Where:
San Gabriel Mountains - Los Angeles County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Curve Fire consumed 20,857 acres of on the Angeles National Forest above Azusa, including incinerating most of the Crystal Lake Basin, much of the Sheep Mountain Wilderness, and the historic South Hawkins Fire Lookout. 72 structures, many of them cabins, were destroyed. It was started by candles being lit as part of a pagan ritual. Later, the Wiliams Fire would burn into the remnants of the Curve Fire and become known as the Curve-Williams Complex, burning more than 58,951 combined acres.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_California_wildfires and
https://danshikingblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/curve-fire-remembered-ten-years-later.html
2007 Moonlight Fire Anniversary
When:
Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Where:
Lassen & Plumas Counties
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Moonlight Fire was a wildfire that burned near Westwood in Lassen County, California. The fire, which started on Labor Day, September 3, 2007 scorched 64,997 acres (263 km2) before being contained on September 19. Approximately 2,300 firefighters were involved in fighting the fire. Strong winds pushed smoke to the Sacramento Valley, Bay Area, Nevada and Idaho. In Plumas County, 500 homes were threatened by the Moonlight Fire; 100 residences were evacuated near Greenville in the North Arm area of Indian Valley, as the wild fire was still raging in the Plumas National Forest. 21 structures were lost.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Fire
2002 Leona Fire Anniversary
When:
Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Where:
Canyon Country - Los Angeles County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
West winds drove the Leona Fire out of Leona Valley and towards Palmdale destroying 4 homes and 12 outbuildings to go with 5,124 acres charred before being contained. The fire was started by a stringer.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_California_wildfires and others
2007 Lick Fire Anniversary
When:
Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Where:
Mnt. Hamilton Range - Santa Clara County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Lick Fire started accidentally on Labor Day Monday, September 3, 2007, on private land outside Henry Coe State Park in the shadow of Mnt. Hamilton and it crowing feature, Lick Observatory. The fire burned for a week, scorching 47,760 acres and destroying 24 structures, including an outbuilding containing original papers by Albert Einstein.
Source: various
2006 Day Fire Anniversary
When:
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Where:
Topatopa Mountains - Ventura County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Day Fire was a devastating wildfire that burned 162,702 acres (658 km2) of land in the Topatopa Mountains, within the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County, southern California. As of 2017, the Day Fire is the 12th largest wildfire in modern California history.
The fire, which was the largest of the 2006 California wildfire season, is the 12th largest fire in California history. The fire started on Labor Day September 4, 2006, and by October 1, had cost $70.3 million; at one point, the Day Fire had 4,600 active firefighters combating it.
The Day Fire burned approximately 162,702 acres (658.43 km2) of both Los Padres National Forest (97.4%) and privately owned lands. The fire started on the Ojai Ranger District, in the Congressionally Designated Sespe Wilderness. The Sespe Wilderness is under the Federal jurisdiction of the United States Forest Service. In addition to the land burned in the wilderness area, 1,943 acres (8 km2) of private land was burned in Lockwood Valley and the Mutau Flat area. A total of eleven structures were reported destroyed, including one residence and ten outbuildings.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Fire
2001 Darby Fire Anniversary
When:
Thursday, 5 September 2019
Where:
Sierra Nevada - Calaveras County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Darby Fire roared up out of the Stanislaus River Canyon and threatened communities along Hwy. 4 and Calaveras Big Tree State Park. The consumed 14,280 acres of forest and brush and destroyed a camper and a fire engine as well as the flume water system for Angels Camp, CA. The fire cost $20.8 million to fight over the course of 1-1/2 weeks.
Source: https://www.yosemitegold.com/yosemite/cable.htm and others
1932 Matilija Fire Anniversary
When:
Saturday, 7 September 2019
Where:
Santa Ynez Mnts. & Topatopa Mnts. - Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Matilija Fire started on private land north of Ojai in Mitilija Canyon. Firefighters expected containment at 600 acres when shifting winds caused it to blow up. Within an hour after the flare-up the fire traveled 15 miles; by mid-afternoon it had charred 20,000 acres, much of it on what was then named the Santa Barbara National Forest (now the Los Padres National Forest). For the next 10 days the flames swept 10,000 to 20,000 acres daily. On September 10, powerful Santa Ana Winds drove the fire all the way to the ocean along a 5-mile wide front that was 12 miles long. The conflagration blackened 219,255 acres and killed 8 people. A total of 2,500 firefighters based in 17 fire camps (12 reached only by pack animal) cut 450 miles of fireline to contain the fire.
Source: https://www.kqed.org/science/1928992/half-of-californias-10-largest-fires-occurred-in-the-last-5-years
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0295805218
1999 Kirk Complex Anniversary
When:
Sunday, 8 September 2019
Where:
Santa Lucia Mountains - Monterey County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
On the night of September 8, 1999, a once-in-a-generation electrical storm pummeled the southern Monterey District of the Los Padres National Forest in the northern Santa Lucia Mountains of Monterey County. The ensuing series of lightning-caused wildfires were not fully contained until the end of October and charred 86,731 acres. The three most prominent fires in the complex were the Hare, Kirk, and Tassajara Fires which experienced interior burning until Winter rains finally fully doused them.
Source: http://ccows.csumb.edu/wiki/index.php/Kirk_Complex_Wildfire_in_California%27s_Central_Coast_Region and various others
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