California Disasters Upcoming Events
2007 Ranch Fire Anniversary
When:
Sunday, 20 October 2019
Where:
Santa Clarita Valley - Los Angeles & Ventura Counties
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Santa Ana Wind-driven Ranch Fire (or Castaic Fire) burned along the Los Angeles-Ventura county line about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Santa Clarita, in the Angeles and Los Padres national forests. It surrounded the Ventura County community of Piru and also threatened the communities of Fillmore, Ventura and Ojai. About 500 residences lie in the fire's path. Evacuations were recommended in all of Piru and portions of Fillmore. Angeles National Forest officials implemented a total forest closure on October 23. The fire consumed 58,401 acres and 10 structures.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2007_California_wildfires
1991 Oakland Hills Fire Anniversary
When:
Sunday, 20 October 2019
Where:
Berkeley Hills - Alameda County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Oakland firestorm of 1991 was a large suburban wildland–urban interface conflagration that occurred on the hillsides of northern Oakland, California, and southeastern Berkeley over the weekend of October 19–20, 1991, before being brought under full control on October 23. The official name of this incident by Cal Fire is the Tunnel Fire.[1] However, it is also commonly referred to as the Oakland Hills firestorm or the East Bay Hills fire. The fire ultimately killed 25 people and injured 150 others. The 1,520 acres (620 ha) destroyed included 2,843 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units. The economic loss from the fire was estimated at $1.5 billion (1991 USD).
The fire started on Saturday, October 19, from an incompletely extinguished grass fire in the Berkeley Hills, northeast of the intersection of California State Routes 24 and 13 (0.5 mi (0.8 km) north of the Caldecott Tunnel west portal). Firefighters fought the 5-acre (2.0 ha) fire on a steep hillside above 7151 Buckingham Blvd., and by Saturday night they thought it was under control.
The fire re-ignited as a brush fire shortly before 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 20 and rapidly spread southwest, driven by wind gusts up to 65 mi (100 km) per hour. It quickly overwhelmed local and regional firefighting resources. By 11:30 a.m., the fire had spread to the nearby Parkwoods Apartments located next to the Caldecott Tunnel. Shortly before noon, the fire had been blown up to the top of Hiller Highlands to the west, from where it began its sweep down into the Hiller Highlands development and the southern hills of Berkeley. Burning embers from houses and vegetation were carried ahead of the fire line by torrid winds and started new blazes ahead of the original burn. Within thirty minutes the fire had crossed both Highway 24, an eight-lane freeway, and Highway 13, a four-lane freeway, eventually igniting hundreds of houses in the Forest Park neighborhood on the northwest edge of the Montclair district and in the upper Rockridge neighborhood. The fire eventually touched the edge of Piedmont, burning some municipal property, but the buildings and houses were spared.
The hot, dry northeasterly winds, dubbed as "Diablo winds" in reference to the Diablo mountain range, Diablo Valley, and surrounding geography of same name, periodically occur during the early fall season. These are similar to the Santa Ana winds in Southern California, and have been the cause of numerous devastating fires. The fire began generating its own wind, the defining characteristic of a firestorm. The superheated fire-driven winds combined with warmer, drier air east of the Oakland-Berkeley Hills, and interacted with the ambient cooler, more moist Bay/Coastal air to create erratic, dangerous gusts, which helped produce numerous rotational vortices. All of these combined to help spread the fire, tossing embers in all directions. The wind was so strong that it also blew debris across the bay into San Francisco. Ash fell onto the field of Candlestick Park where the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers were playing during that afternoon. The CBS telecast of the game also showed live footage of the fire. As with the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake two years earlier, the blimp shots from the national sports media provided many people with first word of the disaster.
By mid-afternoon, the wind had slowed and shifted to the west, driving the fire to the southeast. At about 9 p.m., the wind abruptly stopped, giving firefighters a chance to contain the fire.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_firestorm_of_1991
1996 Harmony Grove Fire Anniversary
When:
Monday, 21 October 2019
Where:
Peninsular Ranges - San Diego County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
Driven by strong Santa Ana Winds, the Harmony Grove Fire after starting on the western outskirts of Escondido, swept through Harmony Grove, Elfin Forest and almost all the way to Batiquitos Lagoon in Carlsbad. It burned 8,600 Acres, destroyed 120 homes and killed one man in Elfin Forest after he got overrun by fire in his car.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/ElfinForestHarmonyGroveTownCouncil/posts/the-harmony-grove-fire-of-1996-swept-through-harmony-grove-elfin-forest-and-almo/401789046583789/
2007 Canyon Fire Anniversary
When:
Monday, 21 October 2019
Where:
Santa Monica Mountains - Los Angeles County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Santa Ana Wind-driven Canyon Fire burned 4,521 acres around Malibu, California, specifically in Malibu Canyon. It was the first of the October 2007 California wildfires to receive significant attention from the national media. In addition to damaging or destroying 14 homes, the fire destroyed two Malibu landmarks: Castle Kashan and the Presbyterian Church.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2007_California_wildfires#Canyon_Fire
1996 Calabasas Fire Anniversary
When:
Monday, 21 October 2019
Where:
Santa Monica Mountains - Los Angeles County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
On October 21,1996, at approximately 10:35 a.m., arcing electrical power lines located by the Ventura Freeway at Los Virgenes Road in Calabasas started a fire in dry grass. The first unit on scene reported a 1/4 to 1/2 acre fire burning in mediukm brush, uphill, with heavy winds. The fire escaped initial containment efforts and moved to the South toward the ocean. At approximately 6 p.m., the fire had burned to the Pacific Coast Highway. In all, 14,950 acres were scorched and destroyed 6 homes, 2 mobile homes, and 3 vehicles. Several firefighters were injured in two separate burnover events a short distance from each other during the same flareup on Day Two of the fire. The fire also forced the evacuation of Pepperdine University.
Source: file:///C:/Users/Kimputer/AppData/Local/Temp/Calabasas_Entrapment_Analysis.pdf
https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/article/10545036/californias-calabasasmalibu-fire and others
2003 Grand Prix Fire Anniversary
When:
Monday, 21 October 2019
Where:
Cajon Pass & San Gabriel Mountains - Los Angeles & San Bernardino Counties
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
Around 2 p.m. on October 21, 2003, a fire erupted in Coyote Canyon, near a construction site in the Hunter’s Ridge neighborhood, just outside of Fontana, in San Bernardino County. Named after a street where it was first identified, the Grand Prix Fire consumed 2,500 acres in its first day. Federal and State fire investigators have concluded that the fire was probably accidental, caused by a spark from an off-road vehicle or discarded cigarette. As the fire snaked into the San Bernardino National Forest, a USFS Incident Management Team took over command of firefighting operations, joining CDF and local firefighting personnel, hundreds of engines and aircraft, and four “hot-shot” crews from Oregon, Nevada, Virginia and the Navajo Nation. DHS-FEMA provided an FMAGP declaration for the Grand Prix Fire on October 23, 2003. Driven by the Santa Ana Winds, the Grand Prix Fire met the Old Fire to the East, and the Padua Fire to the West by October 26, 2003, covering over 52,000 acres, destroying 60 homes, and prompting 5,000 residents to evacuate the area as the fire marched through Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, Claremont and La Verne. The Grand Prix Fire was fully contained on November 8, 2003, after charring 66,894 acres, causing one death and 35 injuries, destroying 255 structures, 194 of them homes. This fire cost $11.6 million to fight.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_California_wildfires
https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/draft_cfcg_report_0204.pdf
2007 Witch Fire Anniversary
When:
Monday, 21 October 2019
Where:
Peninsular Ranges - San Diego County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Witch Fire, also known as the Witch Creek Fire and the Witch–Guejito–Poomacha Complex Fire, was the second-largest wildfire of the 2007 California wildfire season, and the largest one of the October 2007 California wildfires. Although the Witch Fire was individually smaller than the Zaca Fire of 2007 (which burned at least 240,207 acres (972 km2)), burning 197,990 acres (801 km2) acres alone, after merging with the Poomacha and McCoy Fires, the Witch–Guejito–Poomacha Complex Fire had a total burn area of 247,800 acres (1,003 km2), surpassing the Zaca Fire to become the largest complex fire of 2007. Initially igniting in Witch Creek Canyon, near Santa Ysabel, the Witch Creek Fire rapidly spread westward, fanned by powerful Santa Ana winds, and consumed large portions of San Diego County. On October 25, the Witch Fire merged with the Poomacha Fire to the north, near Palomar Mountain, before also merging with the smaller McCoy Fire on the next day. The Witch–Poomacha Complex Fire was the last fire of the 2007 October wildfires to be extinguished, with the Poomacha Fire being contained on November 13. During its duration, 80–100 feet-high flames were reported by fire officials in the Witch Fire, and the Witch Fire exhibited the characteristics of a firestorm at its height.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Fire
2007 Harris Fire Anniversary
When:
Monday, 21 October 2019
Where:
Southeastern San Diego County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Harris Fire was a major wildfire in southern San Diego County that began on October 21, 2007, and ended on November 5 of that same year. As it burned, it traveled in a northwest direction from its starting point at Harris Ranch Road in the town of Potrero, located in the far south of San Diego County, near Tecate, Mexico. The wildfire was the second-largest one of the October 2007 California wildfires, behind only the Witch Fire. The cause of the Harris Fire is unknown. The Harris Fire was the deadliest one of the October 2007 wildfires, killing eight people.
At 9:23 AM PDT on October 21, 2007, the Harris Fire ignited in Potrero, southeastern San Diego County, near the Mexican border.
On October 23, the fire approached eastern Chula Vista.
The fire resulted in the evacuation of some nearby communities, with evacuation centers set up at a nearby high school and a community center.
Thomas James Varshock, 52, of Potrero, died on his property during the Harris Fire on Sunday. His teenage son suffered burn injuries, along with four firefighters of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, who had attempted to rescue them. The fire may also have led to the deaths of four illegal aliens near the U.S.–Mexico border.[7] An estimated 1,210 firefighters battled this fire.
The Harris Fire also burned into northern Mexico, near the city of Tecate.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Fire
2007 Santiago Fire Anniversary
When:
Monday, 21 October 2019
Where:
Santa Ana Mountain Foothills - Orange County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Santiago Fire was a wildfire located near Santiago Canyon in Orange County, California, U.S., and one of thirty California wildfires of October 2007. The fire was intentionally started.
The blaze originated near Santiago Canyon Road at the border of Santiago Canyon and Silverado Canyon at 5:55 p.m. on October 21, 2007, and burned approximately 28,445 acres (115 km2). The flames threatened roughly 750 homes located throughout canyons in the area, including both Santiago and Silverado Canyon, Live Oak Canyon, Holy Jim Canyon, Modjeska Canyon, and Trabuco Canyon, among others. Twelve houses were destroyed in Santiago Canyon. In Foothill Ranch, the Santiago Canyon Estates, and Portola Hills, the fire reached the back yards of houses, but no homes were destroyed in those three neighborhoods.
The fire was fully contained on November 9, after reaching 28,400 acres (115 km2). According to Mike Rohde, a battalion chief with the Orange County Fire Authority, controlling the fire depended solely on the wind, saying at the time, "If the wind stays normal, everything will be fine." Had it not, it would have been a "totally different story."
The fire moved into the Cleveland National Forest and crossed the path of the Santa Ana Mountains, singeing the slopes. According to the 1,100 firefighters who battled the blaze, the air conditions changed from the tumultuous Santa Ana winds to lower temperatures, more humidity, and more gentle onshore winds. The fire affected Irvine, Santiago Canyon, Silverado Canyon, Modjeska Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, Foothill Ranch, and Portola Hills.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Fire
2007 Buckweed Fire Anniversary
When:
Monday, 21 October 2019
Where:
Canyon Country - Los Angeles County
Organizer: Kim Patrick Noyes
Details:
The Santa Ana Wind-driven Buckweed Fire burned north of Santa Clarita in Agua Dulce and the community of Canyon Country, triggering many evacuations. It consumed 38,356 acres and 63 homes. This fire was the result of a child playing with matches.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2007_California_wildfires
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