# 2002 California wildfires

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During 2002, 8,328 wildfires burned 969,890 acres (3,925.0 km$^2$) of land in the US state of California.

## List of wildfires

Below is a list of fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km$^2$) or caused a notable amount of damage during the 2002 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
| Name | County | Acres | Km$^2$ | Start Date | Contained Date | Notes |
| Green | Riverside | 2,400 | 9.7 | February 9, 2002 | February 13, 2002 | |
| Gavilan | San Diego | 5,763 | 23.3 | February 10, 2002 | February 15, 2002 | 43 buildings destroyed, 13 buildings damaged |
| Nicholas | Madera | 12,000 | 48.6 | March 16, 2002 | March 16, 2002 | |
| Aliso | San Diego | 2,400 | 9.7 | March 21, 2002 | March 22, 2002 | |
| Bouquet | Los Angeles | 4,977 | 20.1 | May 11, 2002 | May 13, 2002 | |
| Mateo | San Diego | 1,500 | 6.1 | May 13, 2002 | May 13, 2002 | |
| State 925 | Riverside | 1,472 | 6.0 | May 13, 2002 | May 15, 2002 | |
| Ahlem | Merced | 6,000 | 24.3 | May 23, 2002 | May 23, 2002 | |
| Arrowhead | San Bernardino | 2,688 | 10.9 | May 31, 2002 | June 5, 2002 | |
| Wolf | Ventura | 21,645 | 87.6 | June 1, 2002 | June 14, 2002 | 6 structures destroyed |
| Copper | Los Angeles | 23,407 | 94.7 | June 5, 2002 | June 12, 2002 | 26 structures destroyed |
| Skyway | Butte | 2,000 | 8.1 | June 8, 2002 | June 9, 2002 | |
| Davis | San Luis Obispo | 2,118 | 8.6 | June 9, 2002 | June 9, 2002 | |
| Forks | Siskiyou | 1,400 | 5.7 | June 12, 2002 | June 15, 2002 | |
| Bluecut | San Bernardino | 6,864 | 27.8 | June 16, 2002 | June 22, 2002 | |
| Borel | Kern | 3,430 | 13.9 | June 15, 2002 | June 17, 2002 | 19 structures destroyed |
| Sudden Ranch | Santa Barbara | 7,782 | 31.5 | June 17, 2002 | June 19, 2002 | 1 structure destroyed |
| Copo | Los Angeles | 1,460 | 5.9 | June 18, 2002 | June 21, 2002 | 1 structures destroyed |
| Vieux | Alameda | 1,029 | 4.2 | June 18, 2002 | June 18, 2002 | |
| Troy | San Diego | 1,188 | 4.8 | June 19, 2002 | June 22, 2002 | 3 buildings destroyed, 1 damaged |
| Stage | Tulare | 1,100 | 4.5 | June 22, 2002 | June 22, 2002 | |
| Louisiana | San Bernardino | 6,574 | 26.6 | June 26, 2002 | June 30, 2002 | 7 buildings destroyed |
| Cottonwood | Merced | 1,000 | 4.0 | July 4, 2002 | July 4, 2002 | |
| 596 | Lassen | 4,500 | 18.2 | July 12, 2002 | July 13, 2002 | |
| Garnet | San Diego | 1,166 | 4.7 | July 13, 2002 | July 16, 2002 | |
| Mussolini | Siskiyou | 3,260 | 13.2 | July 13, 2002 | July 16, 2002 | |
| Sour Biscuit | Del Norte | 28,772 | 116.4 | July 13, 2002 | August 2, 2002 | |
| Inyo Complex | Inyo | 6,550 | 26.5 | July 15, 2002 | July 16, 2002 | |
| Horse Complex | Lassen | 1,850 | 7.5 | July 15, 2002 | July 15, 2002 | |
| Highway 58 | San Luis Obispo | 1,380 | 5.6 | July 18, 2002 | July 19, 2002 | 6 structures destroyed |
| Deer | Kern | 1,800 | 7.3 | July 21, 2002 | July 24, 2002 | 94 structures destroyed |
| McNally | Tulare | 150,696 | 609.8 | July 21, 2002 | September 3, 2002 | 17 structures destroyed |
| Stanza | Siskiyou | 2,880 | 11.7 | July 26, 2002 | August 2, 2002 | 3 firefighters killed |
| Pines | San Diego | 61,690 | 249.7 | July 29, 2002 | August 16, 2002 | 160 structures destroyed, 4 damaged; caused by damaged electric power lines |
| Fort Hunter Liggett | Monterey | 1,400 | 5.7 | August 10, 2002 | August 11, 2002 | |
| Curve | Los Angeles | 20,857 | 84.4 | September 1, 2002 | September 5, 2002 | 73 structures destroyed |
| Freeway | Los Angeles | 1,043 | 4.2 | September 1, 2002 | September 3, 2002 | |
| Leona | Los Angeles | 5,124 | 20.7 | September 3, 2002 | September 6, 2002 | 16 structures destroyed |
| Mountain | Los Angeles | 594 | 2.4 | September 9, 2002 | September 11, 2002 | |
| Oasis | Los Angeles | 1,305 | 5.3 | September 14, 2002 | September 14, 2002 | |
| Sierra | Placer | 1,305 | 5.3 | September 18, 2002 | September 18, 2002 | 21 structures destroyed |
| Williams | Los Angeles | 38,094 | 154.2 | September 22, 2002 | October 7, 2002 | 77 structures destroyed |
| Croy | Santa Clara | 3,127 | 12.7 | September 23, 2002 | September 28, 2002 | 34 structures destroyed, 4 damaged |
| Cone | Lassen | 2,006 | 8.1 | September 26, 2002 | September 30, 2002 | |
| Sixteen | Yolo | 1,500 | 6.1 | October 1, 2002 | October 2, 2002 | |
| Plum | El Dorado | 1,765 | 7.1 | November 26, 2002 | November 28, 2002 | |
| Pine | Mendocino | 1,200 | 4.9 | November 26, 2002 | November 28, 2002 | 7 structures destroyed |

## Gallery of maps

* Maps of significant wildfires in 2002 in California
* Wolf Fire
* Copper Fire
* Curve Fire
* Williams Fire